230224REV Entry Door Latch Failure – 2023 American Coach, Fleetwood, & Holiday Rambler Motorhomes

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March 14, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V166000

Entry Door Latch Failure

The inability to enter or exit the vehicle in an emergency increases the risk of injury.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V166

Manufacturer REV Recreation Group

Components LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

Potential Number of Units Affected 479

 

Summary

REV Recreation Group (REV) is recalling certain 2023 Fleetwood Bounder, Flair, Flex, Fortis, Southwind, Discovery, Discovery LXE, Frontier, Frontier GTX, Pace Arrow, Holiday RamblereBay Admiral, Eclipse, Invicta, Vacationer, Armada, Endeavor, Navigator, Nautica, and American Coach American Tradition motorhomes. The entry door latch may fail and not allow entry or exit.

 

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and if necessary, replace the door latch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 12, 2023. Owners may contact Rev Customer Service at 1-800-509-3417. Rev’s number for this recall is 230224REV.

 

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.

 


The purpose of th is Recall Service Bulletin is to inform REV Recreation Group dealers of the need to inspect, and if necessary, replace the inside latch used on LipperteBay 920 and 3500 series entry doors on certain model year 2023 Fleetwood brand Bounder, Discovery, Discovery LXE, Flair, Flex, Fortis, Frontier, Frontier GTX, Pace Arrow and Southwind. Holiday RamblereBay brand, Admiral, Armada, Ecl ipse, Endeavor, lnvicta, Nautica, Navigator and Vacationer. American Coach brand American Tradition. A list of affected motorhome serial numbers appears at the end of th is Bulletin.

 

CONDITION:

On some motorhomes affected by th is recall campaign, a defect has been found at the attachment point within the entry door latch supplied to LipperteBay. A specific attachment point was inadvertently weakened when the vendor implemented an improvement to create a more secure attachment groove for the retaining ring in the handle design of the latch. A defective entry door latch would not allow entry or exit via the door.

 

DEALER CORRECTIVE ACTION:

Follow the attached LipperteBay repair bulletin to inspect and if defective, replace the inside door latch assembly.

 

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Chronology :

Please Reference Lippert’s 23E-008 Part 573 Safety Recall Report

LipperteBay determined an issue which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain entry doors for motorized RV product built with Global Link Motorized Rotary Latch MRL-41210-2006.

LipperteBay informed Rev Recreation Group on 2/23/2023 of their decision to file equipment recall 23E-008 with NHTSA. LipperteBay supplied REV Recreation Group with a list of purchase orders that contained shipments of doors supplied with suspect latches. REV Recreation Group began an investigation into potential products and scope of the issue. Extensive cross matching occurred as part of this analysis.

REV compiled a list of affected vehicles and on 03.14.23 filed Part 573 Safety Recall Report

 


23E008 Entry Door Latch Failure – LipperteBay Global Latches LK702

 

 


19 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKEMODELYEAR
AMERICAN COACHAMERICAN TRADITION2023
FLEETWOODBOUNDER2023
FLEETWOODDISCOVERY2023
FLEETWOODDISCOVERY LXE2023
FLEETWOODFLAIR2023
FLEETWOODFLEX2023
FLEETWOODFORTIS2023
FLEETWOODFRONTIER2023
FLEETWOODFRONTIER GTX2023
FLEETWOODPACE ARROW2023
FLEETWOODSOUTHWIND2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayADMIRAL2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayARMADA2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayECLIPSE2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayENDEAVOR2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayINVICTA2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayNAUTICA2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayNAVIGATOR2023
HOLIDAY RAMBLEReBayVACATIONER2023

 


11 Associated Documents

Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V166-9265.PDF 224.531KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V166-3720.pdf 696.856KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 5/4/2023

RCLRPT-23V166-3966.PDF 224.553KB

 


Remedy Instructions and TSB

RCRIT-23V166-8135.pdf 4021.7KB

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ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-23V166-6288.pdf 210.738KB

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ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-23V166-4665.pdf 202.298KB

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-23V166-6954.pdf 241.607KB

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ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-23V166-3753.pdf 216.027KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2023-2

RCLQRT-23V166-4781.PDF 211.122KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2023-3

RCLQRT-23V166-9863.PDF 211.359KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #3, 2023-4

RCLQRT-23V166-1173.PDF 211.447KB

 


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