Recall · 24V826000
Winnebago Industries recalled 10 models over latches/locks/linkages
11,982
Vehicles covered
10
Models
68
Model years
November 1, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
- The defect
- Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Sightseer, Itasca Sunova, 2016-2025 Forza, Vista, and Itasca/Winnebago Sunstar, 2015-2025 Adventurer, 2015-2024 Commercial Vehicle, 2015-2028 Itasca Suncruiser, and 2016-2017 Itasca Solei recreational vehicles. The hood bracket adhesive may have been incorrectly applied which can allow the bracket to detach.
- What it can cause
- A detached hood bracket may become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and repair as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters began being mailed January 31, 2025. Owners may contact Winnebago at 1-800-537-1885. Winnebago's number for this recall is 192.
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Itasca Solei | 2016 to 2017 | Not published here |
| Itasca Suncruiser | 2015 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Itasca Sunova | 2014 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Itasca Sunstar | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Winnebago Adventurer | 2015 to 2025 | 2021 |
| Winnebago Commercial Vehicle | 2015 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Winnebago Forza | 2016 to 2025 | 20182019 |
| Winnebago Sightseer | 2014 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Winnebago Sunstar | 2018 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Winnebago Vista | 2016 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 11,982 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 81% of the 18,206 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 473. It covers model years 2014 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 10 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Winnebago vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages 2 times before this, most recently in August 2015 as 15V510000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 68 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA, 36 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2018, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 12 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V177000 (exterior lighting), 26V016000 (equipment), 25V320000 (structure), 24V733000 (exterior lighting).
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 Winnebago Industries, Inc. with NHTSA on November 1, 2024 as campaign 24V826000. 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 2024-11-01.
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