Itasca Exterior Lighting

Itasca is recalling about 35 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. This could have the potential to ignite, possibly resulting in personal injury and/or vehicle and property damage.

Campaign
08V227000
Manufacturer
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reported
20 May 2008
Vehicles
35
Built between
May 2005 – Apr 2008
Models
6
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 May 2008
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2005 and April 2008. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007-2008 Itasca CambriaBuilt May 2005 to April 2008
  • 2006-2008 Winnebago AccessBuilt May 2005 to April 2008
  • 2006-2008 Winnebago AspectBuilt May 2005 to April 2008
  • 2006-2008 Winnebago ChaletBuilt May 2005 to April 2008
  • 2006-2008 Winnebago Minnie WinnieBuilt May 2005 to April 2008
  • 2006-2008 Winnebago OutlookBuilt May 2005 to April 2008

What the defect is

Winnebago is recalling 35 my 2006-2008 aspect, access, chalet, outlook, and minnie winnie motor homes, and my 2007-2008 itasca cambria motor homes. A poor ground may develop on the daytime running light module that would allow the module to overheat.

What could happen

This could have the potential to ignite, possibly resulting in personal injury and/or vehicle and property damage.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE GROUND WIRE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 30, 2008.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2005 to April 2008
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 May 2008
  3. Owners notified30 May 2008

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 20 May 2008.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
108
Recalling manufacturer
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Winnebago recall no. 108.CUSTOMERS may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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