Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 15V004000

Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer

Thor Motor Coach filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2015-01-08.

Recall campaignNHTSA 15V004000

Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer

Component
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
Manufacturer
Thor Motor Coach
Vehicles affected
154
Reported to NHTSA
2015-01-08
Owners notified
2015-01-23

Defect description

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.

Safety 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.

Manufacturer 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.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

8 model years across 8 models.

ModelYears on record
THOR Palazzo2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Challenger2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Chateau2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Chateau Citation2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Four Winds 50002015
THOR MOTOR COACH Hurricane2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Miramar2015
THOR MOTOR COACH Windsport2015

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.