Recall · 21V082000
Newmar recalled 2 models over exterior lighting
1,370
Vehicles covered
2
Models
6
Model years
February 17, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
- The defect
- Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2021 Kountry Star and 2017-2021 Dutch Star motorhomes. The brake light switch may chafe against the windshield wiper mechanism, which could damage the brake light switch or it's wiring, and cause the brake lights to not illuminate.
- What it can cause
- If the brake lights do not illuminate, other motorists will be unaware of the driver's intention, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Newmar will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake light switch and replace it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 12, 2021. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 1,370 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% 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 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Newmar vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 11 times before this, most recently in July 2020 as 20V421000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 57 complaints with NHTSA, 17 of them before this campaign was filed. 8 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 July 2018, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 22V234000 (seats), 22V166000 (steering), 21V700000 (electrical system), 21V642000 (fuel system, diesel).
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 Newmar Corporation with NHTSA on February 17, 2021 as campaign 21V082000. 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 2021-02-17.
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