Itasca Equipment: Water Heater

Itasca is recalling about 262 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If carbon monoxide or LP gas enters the living quarters, it can increase the risk of illness or death to the occupants.

Campaign
16V511000
Manufacturer
Winnebago Industries, Inc
Reported
6 July 2016
Vehicles
262
Built between
Nov 2015 – Jun 2016
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
22 July 2016
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
14

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between November 2015 and June 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Itasca NavionBuilt November 2015 to June 2016
  • 2017 Winnebago ViewBuilt November 2015 to June 2016

Repair progress

14 of 262 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.

94% repaired — 247 of 262 reported

Scrapped or exported
1

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

Winnebago Industries, Inc (Winnebago) is recalling certain model year 2017 Winnebago View, and Itasca Navion motor coaches manufactured November 16, 2015, to June 23, 2016. In the affected vehicles, the grommet around the liquid propane (LP) line may not be properly sealed to prevent carbon monoxide and/or LP gas from entering the living quarters.

What could happen

If carbon monoxide or LP gas enters the living quarters, it can increase the risk of illness or death to the occupants.

What gets fixed

Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will apply sealant to the grommet opening to seal the LP line, free of charge. The recall began on July 22, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtNovember 2015 to June 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 July 2016
  3. Owners notified22 July 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 94% 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 6 July 2016.

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 customer service at 1-800-537-1885. Winnebago's number for this recall is 141.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
141
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 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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