The defect
Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Winnebago Era, Travato, View, Trend, Via, Journey, and Tour motorhomes and Itasca Navion, Viva, Reyo, Meridian, and Elipse motorhomes manufactured June 26, 2012, to August 26, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the high pressure liquid propane (LP) hose may harden and result in an LP leak at the crimp fitting.
The risk
An LP leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will replace the LP hose, free of charge. The recall began on November 25, 2015. Owners may contact Winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-3535.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Itasca Elipse | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Itasca Meridian | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Itasca Navion | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Itasca Reyo | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Itasca Viva | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago ERA | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago Journey | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago Tour | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago Travato | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago Trend | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago VIA | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Winnebago View | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itasca Elipse | 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| Itasca Elipse | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Elipse | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Elipse | 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Meridian | 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| Itasca Meridian | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Itasca Meridian | 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| Itasca Meridian | 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| Itasca Navion | 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| Itasca Navion | 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| Itasca Navion | 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| Itasca Navion | 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| Itasca Reyo | 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| Itasca Reyo | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Reyo | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Reyo | 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Viva | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Itasca Viva | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Itasca Viva | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Itasca Viva | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| Winnebago ERA | 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| Winnebago ERA | 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| Winnebago ERA | 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| Winnebago ERA | 2016 | 4 | 8 |
| Winnebago Journey | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| Winnebago Journey | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Winnebago Journey | 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| Winnebago Journey | 2016 | 1 | 6 |
| Winnebago Tour | 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| Winnebago Tour | 2014 | 1 | 5 |
Other equipment recalls in 2015
142 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the equipment; Winnebago Industries, Inc filed 49 campaigns in all.
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| 15V880000 28 Dec 2015 | Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. |
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| 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