# Service bulletin \#68

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 51322
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: \#68
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-02\-14
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK

## NHTSA's summary

RECALL 97V\-012\- WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC HAS DETERMINED THAT A DEFECT EXISTS IN CERTAIN WINNEBAGO AND ITASCA MOTOR HOMES BUILT BETWEEN 1989 AND 1997\- THE DEFECT IS IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER HOIST SYSTEM\- DURING TRANSIT, THE HOIST COMPONENTS MAY BECOME LOOSE AND ALLOW THE SPARE TIRE TO MOVE FROM ITS STORED POSITION TO THE ROAD SURFACE WHICH IN TURN MAY CAUSE UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES\- BODILY INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY RESULT FROM THESE INCIDENTS\- RECALL 97V\-012. \*JD

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 1989 to 1997 ITASCA ITASCA
- 1989 to 1997 WINNEBAGO WINNEBAGO

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/51322](/v1/bulletins/51322)

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