Recall · 21V700000
Newmar recalled 7 models over electrical system
1,554
Vehicles covered
7
Models
18
Model years
September 9, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- The defect
- Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019-2021 London Aire, Dutch Star, Essex, King Aire, Mountain Aire, 2020-2021 Ventana, and 2021 New Aire recreational vehicles. The instrument cluster may intermittently go blank while the vehicle is in motion.
- What it can cause
- A blank instrument cluster display may be missing critical information such as the vehicle's speed and warning lights, which can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the control module software, and reroute and secure the ductwork, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on November 8, 2021. Owners may contact Newmar's 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| NewmarDutch Star | 2019 to 2021 | 2019 |
| NewmarEssex | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| NewmarKing Aire | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| NewmarLondon Aire | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| NewmarMountain Aire | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| NewmarNew Aire | 2021 | Not published here |
| NewmarVentana | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,554 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 63% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Newmar vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 14 times before this, most recently in August 2020 as 20V509000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 18 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA, 15 of them before this campaign was filed. 9 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2018, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V431000 (structure), 22V234000 (seats), 22V166000 (steering), 21V822000 (steering).
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 September 9, 2021 as campaign 21V700000. 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 2021-09-09.
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