RV Recalls 1-26-2026
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued the following RV recalls:
FOREST RIVER, INC.
Solar Panel Wiring Missing Over-Current Protection
A wire that is not connected to overcurrent protection increases the fire risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 16
Forest River is recalling certain 2026 Freelander motorhomes. The solar panel wire may have been incorrectly connected to a breaker without overcurrent protection.
Dealers will inspect and correct the wiring as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Feb. 25. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 574-825-8602. Forest River’s number for this recall is 210-2013.
Ramp Door May Break During Use
A ramp door that breaks during use increases the injury risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 515
Forest River is recalling certain 2023-2026 Forest River Work and Play, 2024-2026 East to West Takoda, Coachmen Chaparral, 2025-2026 Shasta Phoenix, 2023-2025 Forest River Riverstone, 2022-2026 Coachmen Adrenaline and 2025 Forest River Cedar Creek fifth wheels. The ramp door may break away from the door frame while loading or unloading vehicles.
Dealers will install additional support brackets, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Feb. 28. Owners may contact Coachmen Adrenaline & Work and Play customer service at 574-825-6302, Riverstone customer service at 260-593-4028, East to West customer service at 1-574-264-6664, Cedar Creek customer service at 260-593-4000, Coachmen Chapparal and Shasta Phoenix customer service at 574-825-7101. Forest River’s number for this recall is 51-2017.
GULF STREAM COACH, INC.
Incorrectly Wired Rear Turn Signals
Turn signals that fail to indicate the driver’s intention to change direction increase the crash risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 172
Gulf Stream is recalling certain 2026 Trail Boss and Ameri-Lite trailers. Wires in the taillight harness may be reversed, causing the turn signals to activate in the opposite direction as the driver intended.
Owners are advised not to tow their trailers until the repair has been completed. Dealers will rewire the turn signals, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed Jan. 21. Owners may contact Gulf Stream customer service at 800-289-8787.
KEYSTONE RV CO.
Ramp Door May Break During Use
A ramp door that breaks during use increases the injury risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 1,081
Keystone is recalling certain 2025-2026 Fuzion, Raptor, Redwood, and 2024-2026 Voltage travel trailers. The ramp door may break away from the door frame while loading or unloading vehicles.
Dealers will install additional support brackets, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 13. Owners may contact Keystone customer service at 866-425-4369. Keystone’s number for this recall is 26-478.
NEWMAR CORP.
Water Tank Heating Pad May Fail
A heating pad failure can increase the fire risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 16
Newmar is recalling certain 2026 Freedom Aire motorhomes equipped with a ThermaHeat Tank Pad. The water tank heating pad may experience high resistance and fail.
Dealers will install a new water tank heating pad, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 16. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 800-731-8300. Newmar’s number for this recall is 622 RSB.
VLRV, LLC (VANLEIGH RV)
Ramp Door May Break During Use
A ramp door that breaks during use increases the injury risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 91
Vanleigh RV is recalling certain 2022-2023 Ambition trailers. The ramp door may break away from the door frame while loading or unloading vehicles.
Dealers will install additional support brackets, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 20. Owners may contact Vanleigh RV customer service at 662-612-4040. Vanleigh RV’s number for this recall is VL-106.
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Water Tank Heating Pad May Fail
A heating pad failure can increase the fire risk.
Potential Number of Affected Units: 3,109
Winnebago is recalling certain 2024-2026 Spirit, Minnie Winnie, Travato, View, Navion and 2026-2027 Sunflyer motorhomes equipped with a ThermaHeat Tank Pad. The water tank heating pad may experience high resistance and fail.
Dealers will install a new water tank heating pad, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 16. Owners may contact Winnebago customer service at 641-585-6939 or 800-537-1885. Winnebago’s number for this recall is 201.
Thank you , you two. Again, why is there so much of this . Workers that are not doing their jobs, no workers or just poor quality of parts? Be safe and keep warm .
It all boils down to keeping Investors or company owners "Happy" (read as MONEY) and of course Bad Management. 100% Inspections of each vehicle cost a lot of money.
There is also a lot of worker "churn" and minimal training. I actually audited one mfgr. years ago for the owner of the privately held company, and my skin still crawls every time I see one of their Rodeo Truck Bed units on the road. They had no safety design / inspection process in place at all.. still don't.
So big corporate or small owned businesses, they all have issues with this.
The traditional iron triangle operates on the notion that you can only optimize two of the three elements at any one time. The interconnected trade-offs make it almost impossible to excel in all three simultaneously
The Classic Trade-offs (You can only Pick Two):
- Fast & Cheap: Quality suffers
- Fast & Good: Cost increases
- Good & Cheap: Speed is sacrificed
Yes, investors. When we toured Heartland many years ago, we were helping them come up with a new RV. When we went in to look at it and told them our thoughts for living in it, they actually did take our comments to heart and did change a few things. When we were there, we were asking them about QA and we were told by the lady that did the Quality checks that they do not so everyone. She randomly picks a few a year, yes a year. We expressed we knew it may be like that as we had two RV’s and found issues with both. Some were easy fixes and some were not, and a couple to this day, still isn’t unless we want to tear down wall, for just a sound system. Of course, when we bought ours, the dealer would blame the manufacturer and the manufacturer would blame the dealer. So we blamed them both. Now it may be poor quality of materials, poor workmanship, not enough workers, or just people who don’t do their jobs. That is on the manufacturers. If they would give the workers better pay and less to those investors, maybe quality would be better.