Thor Motor Coach Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Thor Motor Coach is recalling about 50 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. The tank can loosen and potentially fall off of the vehicle creating a road hazard increasing the risk of personal injury or property damage.

Campaign
11V206000
Manufacturer
THOR MOTOR COACH
Reported
28 March 2011
Vehicles
50
Built between
Feb 2011 – Feb 2011
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
15 April 2011
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2011 and February 2011. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2012 Thor Motor Coach Freedom EliteBuilt February 2011 to February 2011

What the defect is

Thor motor coach (tmc) is recalling certain model year 2012 freedom elite motor homes manufactured from february 1, 2011, through february 16, 2011. The brackets attaching the gray water tank to the vehicle is not properly attached to the tank.

What could happen

The tank can loosen and potentially fall off of the vehicle creating a road hazard increasing the risk of personal injury or property damage.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW TANK SUPPORT BRACKETS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL 2011.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2011 to February 2011
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 March 2011
  3. Owners notified15 April 2011

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 28 March 2011.

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 tmc warranty service department at 1-877-500-1020.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
THOR MOTOR COACH
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

Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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.

Same component

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