NHTSA Campaign 15V004000

EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER

Issued by Thor Motor Coach · Reported Jan 8, 2015 · 154 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Challenger, Four Winds 5000, Hurricane, Miramar, Chateau Citation, Chateau, Windsport, and Palazzo motorhomes manufactured April 24, 2014, to December 11, 2014, and equipped with certain Latitude awnings manufactured by Carefree of Colorado. The affected awnings may have screws that attach the lateral arm brackets to the mounting brackets that were not manufactured to specification.

Consequence

The screws could fail, causing the supporting bracket to fail, and the awning to fall and potentially strike and injure a person beneath it.

Remedy

TMC will notify owners, and dealers will remove and replace the defective screws, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2015. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-500-1020. TMC's number for this recall is RC000097.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
THOR PALAZZO 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH CHALLENGER 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH CHATEAU 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH CHATEAU CITATION 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH FOUR WINDS 5000 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH HURRICANE 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH MIRAMAR 2015 154
THOR MOTOR COACH WINDSPORT 2015 154

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V004000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.