{"nhtsa_id":51322,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-02-14","document_id":"#68","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK","mfr_system":null,"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51322","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ITASCA","model":"ITASCA","year_from":1989,"year_to":1997,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"WINNEBAGO","model":"WINNEBAGO","year_from":1989,"year_to":1997,"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":[]}