Starcraft Equipment: Integrated Jack/Leveler/Stabilizer

Starcraft is recalling about 135 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the jack comes loose while the vehicle is in motion a crash, injury or death may result.

Campaign
11V250000
Manufacturer
STARCRAFT RV, INC.
Reported
21 April 2011
Vehicles
135
Built between
Oct 2010 – Jan 2011
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
31 May 2011
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2010 and January 2011. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2011 Starcraft Autumn RidgeBuilt October 2010 to January 2011
  • 2011 Starcraft Autumn Ridge AR-ONEBuilt October 2010 to January 2011
  • 2011 Starcraft Lexion S-LiteBuilt October 2010 to January 2011

What the defect is

Starcraft is recalling certain model year 2011 autumn ridge ar-one, autumn ridge and lexion s-lite travel trailers manufactured between october 29, 2010, and january 27, 2011. These trailers may have cracked bolts attaching the leveling jacks to the trailer frame. If all of the bolts break, it could result in the jack coming loose from the frame.

What could happen

If the jack comes loose while the vehicle is in motion a crash, injury or death may result.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FASTENERS ATTACHING THE LEVELING JACKS TO THE FRAME WITH MORE ROBUST FASTENERS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2011.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2010 to January 2011
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA21 April 2011
  3. Owners notified31 May 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 21 April 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 starcraft at 1-800-945-4787.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
STARCRAFT RV, 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

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.

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