2012–2013 Keystone Vantage recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Keystone rv companies (keystone) is recalling certain model year 2012 and 2013 Vantage recreational vehicles manufactured from october 12, 2011, through may 7, 2012. These vehicles were manufactured without protective (a.k.a. Gimp) molding on the metal around the holding tank valves.
💥 The risk
As a result, the user may suffer cuts to hands and arms when reaching past the sharp edges of the access cut-out in order to operate the holding tank valves.
🔧 The fix
Keystone will notify owners, and dealers will install the protective gimp molding around the access area for the holding tank valves, free of charge. The safety recall began on june 29, 2012. Owners may contact keystone at 1-866-425-4369.
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
- 12V247000
- Manufacturer
- KEYSTONE RV COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 440
- Component
- EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- Owner phone
- 1-866-425-4369
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 29, 2012
- Built
- Oct 12, 2011 – May 7, 2012
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Keystones recall campaign number is 12-175.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.