Recall 06V142000: 2003–2005 Tiffin Allegro and 1 other model

Report received

Apr 28, 2006

Manufacturer

Tiffin motorhomes, inc.

Potentially affected

1,594vehicles

Model years

2003–2005

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 101, controls and displays, and no. 105, hydraulic and electric brake systems. If the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1.5v, the brake failure lamp and alarm will be activated. Also activation of the abs telltale when the abs is not properly functioning does not always occur.

Possible consequence

At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Tiffin is working with workhorse to contact the owners and remedy this campaign . Workhorse will reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. Owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731 or tiffin at 1-256-356-0205.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2003 Tiffin Allegro11 complaints
• 2004 Tiffin Allegro1 complaints
• 2005 Tiffin Allegro2 complaints
• 2003 Tiffin Allegro BAY3 complaints
• 2004 Tiffin Allegro BAY3 complaints
• 2005 Tiffin Allegro BAY3 complaints