Itasca Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Itasca is recalling about 352 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. The downdraft onto the range top can cause the burners tomelt, or may extinguish the flame on the burner, allowing lp gas to flow intothe motorhome.

Campaign
91V181000
Manufacturer
WINNEBAGO IND., INC.
Reported
21 October 1991
Vehicles
352
Built between
Jun 1990 – Mar 1991
Models
8
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 December 1991
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 1990 and March 1991. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1990-1991 Itasca 320RBBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Itasca 321RBBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Itasca 321RLBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Itasca ICN36RABuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Winnebago 320RBBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Winnebago 321RBBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Winnebago 321RLBuilt June 1990 to March 1991
  • 1990-1991 Winnebago ICN36RABuilt June 1990 to March 1991

What the defect is

The cooking range and the furnace are located next to each other in the motorhome. When the furnace is in operation, it can draw air over the range top, causing a downdraft onto the range top.

What could happen

The downdraft onto the range top can cause the burners tomelt, or may extinguish the flame on the burner, allowing lp gas to flow intothe motorhome. Both conditions increase the potential for fire and personalinjury.

What gets fixed

INSTALL A PARTITION BETWEEN THE STOVE AND THE FURNACE, ELIMINATING AIRFLOW BETWEEN THE TWO APPLIANCES.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 1990 to March 1991
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA21 October 1991
  3. Owners notified20 December 1991

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 21 October 1991.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
WINNEBAGO IND., 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

System: other equipment: stove.vehicle description: motorhomes.

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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