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2005 Fleetwood Expedition problems, complaints & recalls

Most-reported problem areas: Visibility (5) · Visibility/Wiper (4) · Structure:body (1)

🧭 Reliability snapshot

84 /100
✓ Typical or better for this model

Compared against other Fleetwood Expedition model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →

11
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Service bulletins
0
Crashes reported
1
Fires reported
0
Deaths

Safety recalls (0)

No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).

What owners report

2021-05-08 · Visibility/Wiper · 45,000 mi

“dual pane window seals rupture and dual pane windows become foggy and stained making visibilty terrible and unsafe. especially can't see your mirrors. according to forums it appears to be a very common problem among fleetwood products.…”

2016-08-08 · Visibility/Wiper · 25,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2005 fleetwood expedition. while driving various speeds, the driver and passenger side windows retained moisture and caused a glare due to the sunlight. the failure occurred constantly. the motor home was not diagnosed nor repaired. the defogger feature failed to rectify the failure. the manufacturer was made aware of the fai…”

2016-05-02 · Visibility/Wiper · 20,000 mi

“all se-gi made windows fogging up making it very dangerous; very hard to see.…”

2013-11-05 · Structure:body · 31,000 mi · 🔥 fire

“while driving my fleetwood motorhome, i noticed an electrical odor. i looked toward the back of the coach and the rear bedroom was full of smoke. when i finally got the coach to a service center, it was determined that the exhaust system had a hole in it near the engine. the coach only had 32000 miles. the heat from the engine through the exhaust h…”

2013-06-25 · Visibility/Wiper · 15,000 mi

“our drivers side window is so fogged that it is extremely dangerous for us to drive it .others have the fog as well, i am just disgusted with the fact it is now so dangerous. i understand from other websites this has been a common problem with these windows. i do not understand with the price of these rv's how fleetwood would continue to use such…”

2012-12-09 · Engine · 60,100 mi

“in the middle of the night in one place that i didn't have any light just the cars passing i had to stop because the engine failsafe mode was on. i stop to read the manual for to know what i have to do? after 20 min without leaving the car because i was alone i start driving again so slow to my house. *tr…”

2011-08-23 · Visibility

“we have called fleetwood in decatur in many times that the motor home windows in our 2005 fleetwood expedition are foggy. they just keep getting worse and now all 10 windows are foggy. they said they are not covered under our warranty. they will not help us. we are retired and on limited income. we do not know where to turn. *tr…”

2011-05-23 · Visibility · 10,999 mi

“driver's side window fogged up because seal to thermal pane failed causing reduced vision to left side mirror on the coach. this creates a safety hazard because one is unable to see traffic out left mirror especially when sun is shining just right that creates a glare in the mirror.…”

2010-12-07 · Visibility · 28,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2005 fleetwood expedition diesel rv. while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact noticed that the seals on the three windows on the driver side had failed causing air to seep into the vehicle through the windows. the contact stated that all the windows in the vehicle had the same failure except for the windshield. this al…”

2010-03-15 · Visibility

“leading up to the failure unknown. all the double pane windows have separated allowing moisture to form , causing a cloudy look and difficult to see the outside. this distortion is a safety issue and hazardous, especially trying to see out the drivers side window . contacted the manufacture and was told they would not replace the windows. *tr…”

Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.

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