230516REV – Tow Hitch May Separate – 2020-2024 Fleetwood Bounder, Holiday Rambler Vacationer & 2020-2023 Fleetwood Southwind Motorhomes

May 18, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V351000

Tow Hitch May Separate

A tow vehicle that separates from the motorhome can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V351

Manufacturer REV Recreation Group

Components TRAILER HITCHES

Potential Number of Units Affected 1,186

 

Summary

REV Recreation Group (REV) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Fleetwood Bounder, Holiday Rambler Vacationer and 2020-2023 Fleetwood Southwind motorhomes. The tow hitch may become damaged due to stress or vehicle overloading, which can cause the tow vehicle to separate from the motorhome.

 

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the hitch, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 15, 2023. Owners may contact REV customer service at 1-800-509-3417. REV’s number for this recall is 230516REV.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


Chronology :

  • In May of 2023, REV Recreation Group notified Lippert that a risk to safety may occur on certain Lippert manufactured hitches and that REV Recreation Group would immediately conduct a recall out of an abundance of caution on behalf of the hitch supplier.
  • In July 2022, REV Recreation Group received notification that a Lippert manufactured hitch had welds that broke while in use. A review of warranty history revealed no other reported failures of this part as of this time.
  • In November 2022, REV Recreation Group received notice of a second reported failure of this hitch. The parts were returned to Lippert, the hitch manufacturer and it was determined that in each case involving a reported hitch failure, an approximate 6” customer added drop hitch was being utilized to facilitate flat towing of an SUV.
  • December 2022, REV Recreation Group conducted a follow up meeting with Lippert and the assessment at that point indicated the failures were potentially related to use of aftermarket equipment contacting the ground during use or by stress added by leverage by consumer added drop hitches.
  • Dec 2022 and ongoing, REV Recreation Group and Lippert started an investigation and reviewed testing data to determine the effect of consumers adding an aftermarket drop hitch.
  • April 3, 2023 – A customer with REV Recreation Group gas motor home reported their Lippert hitch welds had a failure. Field data now shows that there are a total of 5 similar reports with the specific subject part number. Further evaluations were conducted and remain underway.

REV leadership and engineers met and discussed the specifications of the units with the failure and concluded that their safety committees should consider a campaign to replace the specific hitch with a redesigned, more robust part in the interest of customer safety.

 


14 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKE MODEL YEAR
FLEETWOOD BOUNDER 2020-2024
FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND 2020-2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLER VACATIONER 2020-2024

 


2 Associated Documents

Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V351-8508.pdf 645.874KB

RCAK-23V351-8508

 


Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V351-3281.PDF 216.193KB

RCLRPT-23V351-3281

 


Latest Recalls Documents

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=23V351&docType=RCL

 


 

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