Recall · 22V234000
Newmar recalled 12 models over seats
4,961
Vehicles covered
12
Models
35
Model years
April 11, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS
- The defect
- Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019-2022 Bay Star, Bay Star Sport, Ventana, Dutch Star, New Aire, Canyon Star, 2019 Ventana LE, 2020-2022 Kountry Star, 2019-2020 Mountain Aire, London Aire, Essex, and 2021 Super Star vehicles. The wiring under the seats may be incorrectly secured, which can lead to a pinched wire in the seat adjustment mechanism and cause an electrical short circuit.
- What it can cause
- A short circuit increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and secure the wiring, adding circuit breaker and fuse protection as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on June 10, 2022. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newmar BAY Star | 2019 to 2022 | 2021 |
| Newmar BAY Star Sport | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Newmar Canyon Star | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Newmar Dutch Star | 2019 to 2022 | 2019 |
| Newmar Essex | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Newmar Kountry Star | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Newmar London Aire | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Newmar Mountain Aire | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Newmar New Aire | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Newmar Super Star | 2021 | Not published here |
| Newmar Ventana | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Newmar Ventana LE | 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 4,961 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 74% of the 15,798 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Newmar vehicles have been recalled over the seats once before this, most recently in October 2007 as 07V490000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 8 of the 35 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA, 34 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seats, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2018, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 29 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V108000 (structure), 24V301000 (equipment), 24V019000 (seats), 23V469000 (seat belts).
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 April 11, 2022 as campaign 22V234000. 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 2022-04-11.
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