Starcraft Electrical System: Wiring

Starcraft is recalling about 22 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. Loose electrical wiring connections could cause excessive heat which could lead to fire, injury, or death.

Campaign
12V541000
Manufacturer
STARCRAFT RV, INC.
Reported
20 November 2012
Vehicles
22
Built between
Sep 2012 – Oct 2012
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
21 December 2012
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2012 and October 2012. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2013 Starcraft Autumn Ridge AR-ONEBuilt September 2012 to October 2012

What the defect is

Starcraft is recalling certain model year 2013 Autumn Ridge AR-One travel trailers manufactured from September 6, 2012, through October 17, 2012. These travel trailers have wire connections in the electrical box that may prevent the wires from being tightened properly.

What could happen

Loose electrical wiring connections could cause excessive heat which could lead to fire, injury, or death.

What gets fixed

Starcraft will notify owners, and dealers will relocate specific wires in the electrical box to allow the wires to be sufficiently tightened at their connections. The safety recall began on December 21, 2012.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2012 to October 2012
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 November 2012
  3. Owners notified21 December 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 20 November 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 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 Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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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