{"nhtsa_id":10117942,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-09-22","date":"2017-08-16","document_id":"15V727","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Mailing second notice on not corrected customer letters on NHTSA Recall: Newmar Corporation has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in specific 2012 and 2013 Essex and 2012 King Aire motorhomes. This is in response to notification from Spartan Motors, Inc. attached is a list of specific unit numbers. Issue: On certain motorhomes, equipped with IFS2000 model front suspension, the shaft of the ball joint on the steering relay rod may contact the ABS valve, if the valve is an incorrect orientation and the steering relay rod is in the full forward position during full right or left turns.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117942-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117942-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10117942","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"ESSEX","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"KING AIRE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"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":[]}