Fleetwood VIN Decoder

Decode any Fleetwood VIN free in seconds. Enter the 17-character vehicle identification number from your motorhome into the decoder above and get the model, model year, chassis type, assembly plant, and recall status instantly, with no sign-up and no credit card.

This page is the Fleetwood VIN hub: Fleetwood-specific WMI codes, why most current Fleetwood VINs start with a chassis manufacturer’s code instead of Fleetwood’s own, a position-by-position guide to reading the VIN, where to find the VIN on an RV, how to check for open recalls, and a plain-English answer to who actually makes Fleetwood RVs today, since the brand has changed hands more than once.

About Fleetwood

Fleetwood traces to 1950, when John Crean started a small California business, Coach Specialties Company, making window blinds for travel trailers. Crean soon began building trailers himself, renamed the company Fleetwood Trailer Company around 1953 (borrowing the name from Cadillac’s Fleetwood line, which prompted a trademark dispute with General Motors that was later resolved), and reincorporated as Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. in 1957. The company settled in Riverside, California, in 1962 and grew into one of the largest RV and manufactured housing companies in the country.

Fleetwood Enterprises filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 9, 2009, during the financial crisis, and was broken apart in the sale process that followed. Its travel trailer division shut down permanently that year, so Fleetwood has not built travel trailers since 2009. Its manufactured housing business was sold in August 2009 to Cavco Industries and Third Avenue Value Fund through a jointly owned entity, Fleetwood Homes, Inc.; Cavco bought out its partner’s stake in 2013 and has owned Fleetwood Homes outright since. Cavco Industries is a separate, unrelated public company today (itself a 2003 spinoff from homebuilder Centex), and it builds manufactured and modular housing, not motorhomes. If you’re researching a Fleetwood-brand mobile home rather than an RV, you’re looking at Cavco, not the company covered on this page.

The motorized RV business, the part that makes Fleetwood motorhomes, was sold in July 2009 to private equity firm American Industrial Partners and reorganized as Fleetwood RV, Inc. American Industrial Partners went on to build a broader specialty-vehicle group, later renamed REV Group, and Fleetwood RV became one of the motorhome brands inside REV Group’s recreational vehicles division, REV Recreation Group, alongside American Coach, Holiday Rambler, Renegade RV, and Midwest Automotive Designs. On February 2, 2026, REV Group completed a merger with Terex Corporation; REV Group’s stock stopped trading separately, and the combined company now trades as Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX). As of this writing, Fleetwood RV’s own site still identifies itself as part of “REV Group’s Recreational Vehicles Segment,” with REV Recreation Group now operating as a Terex subsidiary. Today’s Fleetwood RV builds Class A gas motorhomes (Bounder, Flair, Flex, Fortis, Southwind) and Class A diesel pushers (Discovery, Discovery LXE, Frontier) out of Decatur, Indiana.
The most important thing to understand about a current Fleetwood VIN is that motorhomes are built in two stages, and the WMI reflects whoever built that stage. A chassis manufacturer, Ford or Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (a Daimler Truck division), builds and VINs a bare or cutaway chassis first. Fleetwood, as the “final-stage” manufacturer, then builds the motorhome body onto it. Under federal rules, the VIN assigned at the incomplete-vehicle stage generally stays with the vehicle through completion, so the WMI on the title usually belongs to the chassis maker, not Fleetwood, even though “Fleetwood” is the name on the outside.

Fleetwood WMI codes (positions 1-3)

The first three characters of a VIN, the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI), are assigned by SAE International and registered with NHTSA. Per NHTSA’s vPIC database, here’s what’s registered under Fleetwood-related names:

For comparison, here are the WMIs of the chassis manufacturers whose codes appear on current Fleetwood motorhomes:

If your VIN starts with 1FD, 1F6, or 4UZ rather than a Fleetwood code, that’s expected for a current Class A gas or diesel Fleetwood, not an error. Older Fleetwood travel trailers or folding trailers built before 2009 carry one of the legacy 1E/2E/4C-series codes above; those product lines are discontinued and were never part of the motorhome business REV Recreation Group owns today.

How to read a Fleetwood VIN: position by position

Motorhomes built since the early 1980s follow the same ISO 3779 17-character VIN standard used across the auto industry. The 17 characters split into three blocks:

Positions 1-3: World Manufacturer Identifier

See the WMI tables above. Remember: this identifies who built and VIN’d that stage of the vehicle, which on most current Fleetwood motorhomes is the chassis OEM (Ford or Freightliner), not Fleetwood itself.

Positions 4-8: Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS)

On chassis-stage VINs (Ford or Freightliner), these positions describe the chassis model, GVWR class, engine, and brake/restraint system, not the Fleetwood coach model. A Fleetwood RV’s floorplan, coach length, and interior package aren’t fully recoverable from the VIN alone; they’re recorded on Fleetwood’s build sheet and RVIA certification label, which is why decoding is best paired with the coach’s serial number.

Position 9: Check digit

The check digit is calculated from the other 16 characters using a fixed weighting formula and modulo-11 math. If a single character is mistyped or misread off a weathered decal, the check digit won’t validate.

Position 10: Model year

The 10th character maps to a model year on a repeating 30-year cycle, identical across all manufacturers:

The letters I, O, and Q are never used in any VIN, because they can be confused with the digits 1 and 0.

Position 11: Assembly plant

Identifies the specific factory that built that stage of the vehicle: a Ford or Freightliner chassis plant, or a Fleetwood/REV Recreation Group facility in Decatur, Indiana, for coach-stage completion.

Positions 12-17: Serial number

The production sequence number for that vehicle at that plant. Fleetwood also tracks vehicles by a separate coach serial number on the certification label; keep both numbers handy when ordering parts or requesting service records.

Where to find the VIN on a Fleetwood

A motorhome carries at least two identity labels, one for the chassis, one for the coach, so check all of the following:

• Chassis VIN plate: driver’s side door frame or door latch post, visible through the windshield on the dashboard, or a plate near the frame rail on Freightliner chassis
• Federal certification/compliance label: Fleetwood’s coach-level label, typically near the driver’s door or entry step
• Fleetwood serial number tag: often a separate plate or sticker inside a cabinet or storage bay, used for parts and warranty lookup
• Vehicle title, registration, and insurance documents

If your Fleetwood is a vintage travel trailer or motorhome from before 1981, the VIN format predates the 17-character ISO standard and will be shorter and non-standard. For those pre-1981 units, use our classic car VIN decoder guide.

Check Fleetwood recalls and safety information

Recalls on a current Fleetwood motorhome can come from either REV Recreation Group (coach items like wiring, slide-outs, or LP tank mounts) or the chassis OEM, Ford or Freightliner (chassis, brake, or engine items), since both are legally distinct manufacturers on the same unit. To check a specific VIN:

1. Decode the VIN above to confirm the model, model year, and which WMI applies
2. Check the recall lookup at fleetwoodrv.com/recalls for coach-level campaigns, and NHTSA’s recall search for both coach and chassis recalls
3. If the recall traces to the chassis, contact that manufacturer’s dealer network directly; chassis recall repair is handled separately from REV Recreation Group’s
4. For help identifying your VIN or confirming ownership records, Fleetwood RV’s Owner Relations line (800-322-8216 or rvsupport@revrvgroup.com) can look up open campaigns

Recent examples: NHTSA campaign 24V610 (manufacturer number 240812REV) covered 2019-2025 Fleetwood Flex and 2019-2024 Flair motorhomes for a patio outlet lacking required GFCI protection, and campaign 24V279 (240416REV) covered 2022-2024 Fleetwood Discovery 38N diesel motorhomes for a water pump wiring harness issue. Both were administered directly by REV RV as coach-level recalls. Recalls are repaired free of charge regardless of the vehicle’s age or ownership history.

Frequently asked questions

How do I decode my Fleetwood VIN?

Type the 17-character VIN from your motorhome’s driver-door frame, dashboard, or federal certification label into the decoder at the top of this page. Results return in seconds and include model, model year, chassis type, and recall status.

Why does my Fleetwood’s VIN start with a Ford or Freightliner code instead of Fleetwood’s own WMI?

Because current Fleetwood motorhomes are built in two stages. The chassis manufacturer, Ford (F-53 gas chassis) or Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (diesel pusher chassis), VINs the chassis first, and that VIN generally stays with the vehicle after Fleetwood completes the coach as final-stage manufacturer. Some Fleetwood-family builds carry REV Recreation Group’s own WMI (54R) instead, but most current motorhomes decode to the chassis OEM. That’s normal, not an error.

Who owns Fleetwood RV today?

Fleetwood RV is a motorhome brand within REV Recreation Group, part of REV Group, Inc., which became a subsidiary of Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) after the two companies completed a merger on February 2, 2026. This is not the original Fleetwood Enterprises that went bankrupt in 2009: the RV business was sold to American Industrial Partners that year and later folded into REV Group, while Fleetwood’s manufactured-housing business went to Cavco Industries and has no relationship to Fleetwood RV today.

Where is the VIN on my Fleetwood motorhome?

Check the driver’s side door frame or latch post and the dashboard for the chassis VIN, and the federal certification label near the driver’s door or entry step for Fleetwood’s own coach identification. Many owners also find a separate serial number tag inside a cabinet or storage bay.

Is the Fleetwood VIN decoder free?

Yes. VinDecoderPlus decodes every Fleetwood VIN free of charge with no sign-up or credit card. Full vehicle history reports, including ownership records, accident history, and odometer history, are available as an optional paid upgrade.

Can a Fleetwood VIN be faked or cloned?

The 17 characters can be retyped or misrepresented, but the check digit at position 9 makes silent tampering hard to hide: any single-character change breaks the math. Because a motorhome carries both a chassis VIN and a Fleetwood serial number, comparing the two against the title and certification label is a useful extra cross-check. If you suspect a cloned VIN, our guide how to check if a car is stolen by VIN walks through the next steps.

Decode any Fleetwood VIN free

Type your 17-character Fleetwood VIN into the decoder at the top of this page for a full breakdown instantly. To learn more about VIN structure in general, see our guides:

• How to read a VIN number
• What every character in a VIN means
• Classic car VIN decoder (pre-1981)
• VIN decoder vs. vehicle history report