Winnebago Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

Winnebago is recalling about 2 vehicles over a problem with the equipment adaptive/mobility. A wheelchair occupant may defeat or ride over the insufficiently latched roll stop.

Campaign
12V140000
Manufacturer
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC.
Reported
2 April 2012
Vehicles
2
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 March 2012
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2008 Winnebago Access

What the defect is

Winnebago is recalling two model year 2008 access motor homes, manufactured on april 10, 2008, and july 23, 2008. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the wheelchair lift’s outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.

What could happen

A wheelchair occupant may defeat or ride over the insufficiently latched roll stop. If this occurs when the lift platform is in an elevated position, the wheelchair's occupant could fall and sustain injury.

What gets fixed

WINNEBAGO IS WORKING WITH BRAUN TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS, AND BRAUN DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 30, 2012.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA2 April 2012
  2. Owners notified30 March 2012

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 2 April 2012.

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 industries owner relations at 1-641-585-6939.

Official source

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

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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