Keystone Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Keystone is recalling about 101 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the interior steps fracture, a person may fall, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
14V233000
Manufacturer
Keystone RV Company
Reported
5 May 2014
Vehicles
101
Built between
Aug 2013 – Apr 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
9 June 2014
Repaired
68%
Unrepaired
19

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2013 and April 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2014 Keystone Dutchmen InfinityBuilt August 2013 to April 2014

Repair progress

19 of 101 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2015.

68% repaired — 69 of 101 reported

Owners not reachable
1
Scrapped or exported
12

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain model year 2014 Dutchmen Infinity fifth wheel trailers, models 3210RE, 3610RL and 3710BH, manufactured August 1, 2013, through April 3, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the leading edge of the interior steps may fracture.

What could happen

If the interior steps fracture, a person may fall, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Keystone will notify owners, and dealers will install a brace kit to provide additional support for the steps, free of charge. The recall began in June 2014.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2013 to April 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA5 May 2014
  3. Owners notified9 June 2014
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2015 — 68% repaired

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 5 May 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 Keystone customer service at 1-866-425-4369. Keystone's number for this recall is 14-206.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
14-206
Recalling manufacturer
Keystone RV Company
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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