Am Equipment Visibility/Wiper

AM Equipment is recalling about 475 vehicles over a problem with the visibility/wiper. If the wiper arm disengages during use, the wipers will fail to operate during periods of poor visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
14E039000
Manufacturer
AM Equipment
Reported
11 July 2014
Vehicles
475
Built between
Feb 2013 – Jul 2013
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
31 July 2013
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2013 and July 2013. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Am Equipment 102-1095Built February 2013 to July 2013

What the defect is

AM Equipment (AME) is recalling certain Windshield Wiper System Part No. 102-1095 manufactured February 5, 2013 to July 22, 2013. The pivot shaft may loosen allowing the wiper to disengage from the vehicle during operation.

What could happen

If the wiper arm disengages during use, the wipers will fail to operate during periods of poor visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

The units were sold to Entegra Coach and Jayco, Inc. AME supplied replacement wiper kits for Entegra and Jayco to install, free of charge. Entegra and Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will replace the wiper arm, at no charge. The recall began in August 2013.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2013 to July 2013
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 July 2014
  3. Owners notified31 July 2013

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 11 July 2014.

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 Entegra Coach at 1-800-945-4787 or Jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
AM Equipment
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.

Same component

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