The defect
Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain model year 2015 Winnebago Adventurer vehicles manufactured January 16, 2016, to March 8, 2016, and 2015-2016 Itasca Suncruiser vehicles manufactured January 6, 2016, to March 8, 2016. In the affected vehicles, the bolts that attach the hitch to the frame were not properly torqued.
The risk
Improper torquing of the hitch bolts could cause the hitch to detach, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, where necessary, replace the hitch attachment bolts free of charge. The recall began on April 15, 2016. Owners may contact Winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-3535. Winnebago's number for this recall is 140.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Itasca Suncruiser | 2016 |
| Winnebago Adventurer | 2016 |
| Winnebago Commercial Vehicle | 2015 |
Components: TRAILER HITCHES
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 Suncruiser | 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| Winnebago Adventurer | 2016 | 1 | 8 |
| Winnebago Commercial Vehicle | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 2016
12 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the trailer hitches; Winnebago Industries, Inc filed 49 campaigns in all.
| 16V862000 30 Nov 2016 | Kia Motors America |
| 16V842000 21 Nov 2016 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 16V709000 5 Oct 2016 | Universal Trailer Cargo Group, Inc. |
| 16V682000 21 Sept 2016 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 16V587000 9 Aug 2016 | Outdoors RV Manufacturing |
| 16V572000 2 Aug 2016 | ALUMA/KLM |
| 16V564000 29 Jul 2016 | Keystone RV Company |
| 16V545000 20 Jul 2016 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016