NHTSA campaign 04V037000

Newmar Recall 04V-037: NEWMAR/TIRES

NHTSA recall 04V037000 was reported by NEWMAR CORPORATION on January 28, 2004, with 3,589 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Newmar Dutch Star and Newmar Kountry Star for model years 1997–2002. Owners were notified on February 9, 2004, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
04V037000 (also written 04V-037 or 04V037)
Filed by
NEWMAR CORPORATION
Report received
Potentially affected
3,589 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Tires
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V037000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Newmar

  • Newmar Dutch Star

    • 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 · Vehicles built March 5, 1997 – June 28, 2000 (per NHTSA)
  • Newmar Kountry Star

    • 2001, 2002 · Vehicles built August 28, 2002 – May 23, 2003 (per NHTSA)
All Newmar recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V037000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON SPARTAN/FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN 255/80R22.5 XRV TIRES, THE CORDS CAN FATIGUE IF THE TIRES ARE OVERLOADED OR UNDERINFLATED.

Safety consequence

THIS MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE ONLY THE FRONT TIRES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE FRONT TIRES ARE NOT ROTATED TO THE REAR. A CERTIFICATION TAG DOCUMENTING THE NEW FRONT TIRES INSTALLATION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE REAR TIRE INFLATION PRESSURES TO 105 PSI WILL BE ISSUED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 9, 2004. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT NEWMAR AT 1-574-773-2381.

Notes

THIS ACTION IS DEEMED A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AND IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE SAFETY ACT.THE COMPANY HAS INFORMED NHTSA THAT IT WILL PROVIDE THE MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE FREE OF CHARGE.CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 04V037000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.