{"nhtsa_id":10116271,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-25","date":"2017-04-27","document_id":"RSB 477","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Spartan Motors USA, Inc. has decided that a defect relating to motor vehicle safety exists in specific motor homes built on Spartan chassis. In response, Newmar Corporation is publishing the following recall: NHTSA #17V 195 TC #2017-162. Issue: On certain motorhomes, the ball joints on the independent front suspension may be loose. If not detected, the loose ball joints could separate over time. This could affect vehicle handling and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116271-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116271-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10116271","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","year_from":2012,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"ESSEX","year_from":2012,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"KING AIRE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"LONDON AIRE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2018,"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":[]}