NHTSA campaign 06V093000

Four Winds Recall 06V-093: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/FMVSS 101 AND 105/WORKHORSE

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 06V093000 was reported by FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL on March 30, 2006, with 461 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Four Winds Hurricane, Four Winds Infinity and Four Winds Windsport for model years 2003–2005.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 06V093000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 06V093000 (also written 06V-093 or 06V093)
Filed by: FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL
Report received: March 30, 2006
Potentially affected: 461 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electrical System
Safety standard: FMVSS 101

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V093000. 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.

Four Winds

Four Winds Hurricane
- 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built August 26, 2002 – September 22, 2004 (per NHTSA)
Four Winds Infinity
- 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built August 21, 2002 – October 28, 2004 (per NHTSA)
Four Winds Windsport
- 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built August 15, 2002 – September 14, 2002 (per NHTSA)

All Four Winds recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V093000.

Defect description

CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON WORKHORSE CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH ACTIA CORPORATE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NOS. 101 "CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS" AND 105 "HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEMS." IF THE BRAKE FAIL INPUT FALLS BELOW A VOLTAGE OF 1.5V, THE BRAKE FAILURE LAMP AND ALARM WILL BE ACTIVATED. ALSO ACTIVATION OF THE ABS TELLTALE WHEN THE ABS IS NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING DOES NOT ALWAYS OCCUR.

Safety consequence

AT NIGHT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS MAY FAIL AND THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR WHICH COULD INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

WORKHORSE IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN AND REPROGRAM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT WORKHORSE AT 1-877-246-7731 OR FOUR WINDS AT 574-266-1111.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 06V093000

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.