Recall · 20V418000
Thor Motor Coach recalled 5 models over exterior lighting
2,417
Vehicles covered
5
Models
16
Model years
July 20, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
- The defect
- Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Aria, Venetian and Tuscany, 2017 Tuscany XTE and 2017-2019 Palazzo motorhomes vehicles that received an inspection-only remedy for recall 18V-763. The rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the rear marker lights, brake lights, or turn signals not functioning.
- What it can cause
- Non-functioning exterior marker lights can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- TMC will notify owners, and Daimler Trucks dealers will replace the PDM, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed October 6, 2021. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867. TMC's number for this recall is RC000196.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Thor Motor CoachAria | 2017 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Thor Motor CoachPalazzo | 2017 to 2019 | 2018 |
| Thor Motor CoachTuscany | 2017 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Thor Motor CoachTuscany XTE | 2017 | Not published here |
| Thor Motor CoachVenetian | 2017 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,417 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 68% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Thor Motor Coach vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 3 times before this, most recently in November 2019 as 19V799000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 16 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 23 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the exterior lighting, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 23V113000 (equipment), 21V522000 (structure), 20V559000 (tires), 20V167000 (service brakes, air).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Thor Motor Coach with NHTSA on July 20, 2020 as campaign 20V418000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-07-20.
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