Recall 177 – Incorrect Hitch Label – 2022 Winnebago Ekko, 2020-2022 Minnie Winnie, Spirit, 2020-2022 View, Navion, & 2020-2021 Vita, & Porto Motorhomes

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September 15, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V637000

Incorrect Hitch Label

An overloaded vehicle can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V637000

Manufacturer WinnebagoeBay Industries, Inc.

Components EQUIPMENT

Potential Number of Units Affected 5,369

 

Summary

WinnebagoeBay Industries, Inc. (WinnebagoeBay) is recalling certain 2022 Ekko, 2020-2022 Minnie Winnie, Spirit, 2020-2022 View, Navion, and 2020-2021 Vita, and Porto motorhomes. An incorrect hitch label was installed, which can lead to overloading of the vehicle.

 

Remedy

Dealers will install the correct labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 14, 2023. Owners may contact WinnebagoeBay customer service at 1-641-585-6939 or 1-800-537-1885. WinnebagoeBay’s number for this recall is 177.

 

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 :

A customer called in to advise the hitch load label on their unit as incorrect. After an investigation, the customer unit was found to be part of a population previously identified in an internal quality campaign.

Further review of units produced after the internal campaign were verified to be correct. The Product Safety Committee met on September 7, 2023 and decided to conduct a voluntary recall.

WinnebagoeBay is aware of 1 reported incident related to the recall condition, first becoming aware on or about May 2023. Of this incident, we are aware of 0 injuries.

 


17 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKEMODELYEAR
WINNEBAGOeBayEKKO2022
WINNEBAGOeBayMINNIE WINNIE2020-2022
WINNEBAGOeBayNAVION2020-2022
WINNEBAGOeBayPORTO2020-2021
WINNEBAGOeBaySPIRIT2020-2022
WINNEBAGOeBayVIEW2020-2022
WINNEBAGOeBayVITA2020-2021

 


2 Associated Documents

Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V637-4260.pdf 646.111KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V637-3734.PDF 214.495KB

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