The defect
REV Recreation Group (REV) is recalling certain 2015-2016 American Coach American Heritage and American Tradition motorhomes, 2015-2017 American Coach American Revolution and American Coach American Eagle motorhomes, 2016 American Coach American Allegiance motorhomes, 2016-2017 American Coach American Dream motorhomes and 2017 Holiday Rambler Diplomat and Holiday Rambler Scepter motorhomes. The support for the interior steps may have been inadequately secured, possibly resulting in the solid-surface step tread being unstable.
The risk
An unstable step tread can increase the risk of an injury.
The remedy
REV will notify owners, and dealers will install new screws to properly secure the support for the interior steps, free of charge. The recall began on April 21, 2017. Owners may contact REV customer service at 1-800-509-3417. REV's number for the recall is 170228REV.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| American Coach American Allegiance | 2016 |
| American Coach American Dream | 2016, 2017 |
| American Coach American Eagle | 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| American Coach American Heritage | 2015, 2016 |
| American Coach American Revolution | 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| American Coach American Tradition | 2015, 2016 |
| Holiday Rambler Diplomat | 2017 |
| Holiday Rambler Scepter | 2017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Coach American Allegiance | 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| American Coach American Dream | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| American Coach American Dream | 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| American Coach American Eagle | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| American Coach American Eagle | 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| American Coach American Eagle | 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| American Coach American Heritage | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| American Coach American Heritage | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| American Coach American Revolution | 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| American Coach American Revolution | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| American Coach American Revolution | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| American Coach American Tradition | 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| American Coach American Tradition | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Holiday Rambler Diplomat | 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| Holiday Rambler Scepter | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
Other equipment recalls in 2017
170 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the equipment; REV Recreation Group filed 45 campaigns in all.
| 17V847000 29 Dec 2017 | ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. |
| 17V844000 27 Dec 2017 | Thor Motor Coach |
| 17V841000 22 Dec 2017 | Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. |
| 17V824000 21 Dec 2017 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 17V835000 21 Dec 2017 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 17V831000 20 Dec 2017 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 17V827000 19 Dec 2017 | Keystone RV Company |
| 17V828000 18 Dec 2017 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017