{"nhtsa_id":10084016,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-11-07","date":"2016-08-18","document_id":"RSB 460","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SPARTAN MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN SPECIFIC MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON SPARTAN CHASSIS AND IN RESPONSE NEWMAR IS PUBLISHING RECALL NHTSA# 16V 501 TC# 2016-342. ON CERTAIN MOTORHOMES, THE EXHAUST FLEX TUBE MAY BE MISALIGNED CAUSING THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FLEX TUBE TO TEAR. IF THE EXHAUST TUBE TEARS, HOT EXHAUST GAS COULD BLOW AGAINST OTHER COMPONENTS OR MATERIALS. IF EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES EXCEED THE FLASH POINT OF OTHER MATERIAL OR COMPONENTS, IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF FIRE CAUSING INJURY AND/OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THIS MAY OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10084016","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"ALL STAR","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH AIRE DP","year_from":2009,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"ESSEX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"KING AIRE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"KOUNTRY STAR","year_from":2008,"year_to":2008,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"VENTANA","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}