NHTSA campaign 11V217000
Winnebago Recall 11V-217: HYDRAULIC BRAKE SWITCHES/DTNA
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 11V217000 was reported by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. on April 12, 2011, with 5 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Winnebago Adventurer and Winnebago J38S for model years 2009–2010. Owners were notified on May 27, 2011, per NHTSA.
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 11V217000 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
- 11V217000 (also written 11V-217 or 11V217)
- Filed by
- WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 5 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Exterior Lighting — Brake Lights — Switch
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE10-007 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V217000. 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.
Winnebago
Winnebago Adventurer
Winnebago J38S
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V217000.
Defect description
WINNEBAGO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 ADVENTURER MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 14, 2009, THROUGH OCTOBER 16, 2009, AND CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 WINNEBAGO J38S COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 30, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 21, 2010. THE STOP LAMPS MAY BE INTERMITTENT DURING LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATIONS.
Safety consequence
THE STOP LAMPS MAY NOT PROPERLY INDICATE THAT THE SERVICE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHICH MAY LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
DTNA/FREIGHTLINER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE SEE DTNA'S SAFETY DEFECT REPORT 10V-178. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE WARRANTY CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-547-0712.
Notes
OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V217000
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.