2000 Newell Motor Home recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: Motor homes equipped with dana steering relay levers. The levers CAN develop surface cracking.
💥 The risk
This cracking condition could cause a portion of the steering lever to break off, possibly causing loss of steering control.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the steering relay levers.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V215003
- Manufacturer
- NEWELL COACH CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 104
- Component
- STEERING:LINKAGES
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 15, 2000
- Built
- Nov 1, 1995 – Apr 30, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 15, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newell coach at 1-918-542-3344. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).