The defect
Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Challenger, Four Winds 5000, Hurricane, Miramar, Chateau Citation, Chateau, Windsport, and Palazzo motorhomes manufactured April 24, 2014, to December 11, 2014, and equipped with certain Latitude awnings manufactured by Carefree of Colorado. The affected awnings may have screws that attach the lateral arm brackets to the mounting brackets that were not manufactured to specification.
The risk
The screws could fail, causing the supporting bracket to fail, and the awning to fall and potentially strike and injure a person beneath it.
The remedy
TMC will notify owners, and dealers will remove and replace the defective screws, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2015. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-500-1020. TMC's number for this recall is RC000097.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thor Palazzo | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Challenger | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Chateau | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Chateau Citation | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Four Winds 5000 | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Hurricane | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Miramar | 2015 |
| Thor Motor Coach Windsport | 2015 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thor Palazzo | 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| Thor Motor Coach Challenger | 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| Thor Motor Coach Chateau | 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| Thor Motor Coach Chateau Citation | 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| Thor Motor Coach Four Winds 5000 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Thor Motor Coach Hurricane | 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| Thor Motor Coach Miramar | 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| Thor Motor Coach Windsport | 2015 | 7 | 7 |
Other equipment recalls in 2015
142 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the equipment; Thor Motor Coach filed 124 campaigns in all.
| 15V890000 31 Dec 2015 | Compass Conversions, LLC |
| 15V880000 28 Dec 2015 | Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. |
| 15V877000 23 Dec 2015 | Entegra Coach |
| 15V875000 23 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V872000 23 Dec 2015 | Allied Recreation Group, Inc. |
| 15V860000 22 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V856000 21 Dec 2015 | Starcraft RV |
| 15V857000 21 Dec 2015 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015