2020 Newmar New Aire

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. It has been recalled 4 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels2
000
Unknown or Other2
000
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear1
000

4 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Seats22V234000
Filed Apr 11, 20224,961 vehiclesNewmar Corporation

Defect. Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019-2022 Bay Star, Bay Star Sport, Ventana, Dutch Star, New Aire, Canyon Star, 2019 Ventana LE, 2020-2022 Kountry Star, 2019-2020 Mountain Aire, London Aire, Essex, and 2021 Super Star vehicles. The wiring under the seats may be incorrectly secured, which can lead to a pinched wire in the seat adjustment mechanism and cause an electrical short circuit.

Risk. A short circuit increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect and secure the wiring, adding circuit breaker and fuse protection as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on June 10, 2022. Owners may contact Newmar's customer service at 1-800-731-8300.

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer21V571000
Filed Jul 27, 20214,106 vehiclesNewmar Corporation

Defect. Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Bay Star, Ventana, New Aire, 2019-2020 Canyon Star, Bay Star Sport, Essex, King Aire, London Aire, Mountain Aire, 2018-2021 Dutch Star, 2020 Kountry Star, and 2019 Ventana LE recreational vehicles. The adhesive that bonds the vented portion of the window may fail.

Risk. Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 10, 2021. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 21E 047.

Fuel System, Diesel › Fuel Injection System › Fuel Rail21V506000
Filed Jul 2, 20211,737 vehiclesNewmar Corporation

Defect. Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019 Mountain Aire, 2020-2021 New Aire, 2020-2022 Super Star, 2018-2021 Ventana, and Dutch Star vehicles equipped with certain Cummins diesel engines. The sealing washer may not seat correctly in the pilot boreholes, allowing the high-pressure fuel rail assembly to leak.

Risk. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy. Cummins service centers will inspect the rail threads and fuel lines, and replace the rail as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on August 24, 2021. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is Cummins 21E-32.

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal20V421000
Filed Jul 21, 20203,202 vehiclesNewmar Corporation

Defect. Newmar Corporaton (Newmar) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Ventana LE, 2017-2020 Ventana, London Aire, Essex and Dutch Star, 2017-2019 Mountain Aire, 2018-2020 New Aire, and 2020 Kountry Star motorhomes that received the 'inspection-only' remedy from recall 19V-426. The rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the rear marker lights, brake lights, or turn signals not functioning.

Risk. Non-functioning exterior marker lights can increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy. Newmar will notify owners, and Daimler Trucks North America dealers will replace the PDM, free of charge. This recall began September 11, 2020. Owners may contact Newmar's customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 20V-404.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 26, 2026FL

The dash screen is bubbling/delaminatimg and is making it difficult to read the screen. The problem started off small and is growing into the speedometer. At the moment it is across the bottom center of the dash, over an inch tall. Vehicle was stored May 31, checked on. First noticed the issue on Aug 20 when leaving tire center after having valve stems and tires checked.

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Jul 9, 2025NM

On June15, 2025, the passenger’s side vent window glass partially delaminated from the actuator assembly while driving, damaging the actuator and window glass. The front passenger window has never sealed properly since we purchased the RV new. Newmar was notified of this in August 2021, when the coach was returned to Nappanee, IN for warranty repairs. After the window failure, I discovered that Lippert/Newmar issued an NHTSA Recall for these windows on September 8, 2021. The recall notes the issue as being: “the adhesive that bonds the vented portion of the window may fail. Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach…”. We did not receive this recall notice from Newmar. This window, part number 757205, is covered under Lippert HEHR6400 Series Window Vent Recall, NHTSA recall number: 21E047. I contacted Lippert immediately following the window failure on June 16, 2025. After being provided photographic documentation of the window failure, as well as confirmation of the defective part number, Lippert issued case number: 5952303. On June 18, 2025, Lippert instructed me to contact the OEM (Newmar) to arrange inspection and repair of the recalled window with an authorized dealer. On June 18, 2025, I contacted Newmar, who denied responsibility for the recall defect claiming the window had been inspected in August of 2021. When I informed Newmar that I would be filing a complaint with the NHTSA, I was issued a Newmar case number: 00989760. Since June 18, 2025

Wheels
Filed Jan 15, 2024NM

The integrated Tire Pressure Monitoring System in this vehicle has never functioned correctly since it was purchased new in October, 2020. The system either drops connection fully, drops various tires on the coach, or randomly alarms for extreme high/low temperature and pressure. In August of 2021, the vehicle was driven 1600 miles to Newmar’s factory in Indiana for warranty repairs. The TPMS was on that list. Newmar disavowed all warranty responsibility for the system and its failures, and directed us to Freightliner. The RV has been returned to Doggett Freightliner in El Paso, TX multiple times since 2020 for recall repairs on the Tire Pressure Monitoring System. The last repair attempt was in January 2023 for Freightliner recall 9. This recall was not completed due to unavailability of repair parts. Doggett Freightliner has not responded to any of my calls since, and the repairs have yet to be completed. On a recent 3600 mile trip in December of 2023. The TPMS system alarmed for high temperatures (exceeding 400 degrees F) multiple times. It alarmed for high pressure multiple times. Each time the system alarmed, I pulled over at the nearest safe location and checked the tire pressure manually. Every time the manual checks indicated the tire pressure was in a safe zone. It has now been over 3 years since we purchased this vehicle with this factory safety defect. Newmar has refused assist with any form of corrective action. Freightliner has yet to effectively complete any rec

Wheels
Filed Nov 22, 2022SD

The Valor TPMS system on the Freightliner chassis has not worked correctly for as long as I have owned the coach. I was hopeful that recent recall work performed by a Freightliner service center on the system would help but it actually made the system worse. As was prior to the recall work several of the sensors still fail to report their pressures completely, others report only sporadically. This essentially renders the system useless as the driver may not be made aware of a loss of tire pressure while driving. Additionally, since the recall work was performed, a high pressure warning now displays when the tires heat up in normal driving conditions. This warning is distracting and appears separately for each tire. When the warning appear it blocks the digital speedometer and other vital information on the dashboard from displaying until the warning is cleared manually.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 8, 20202,000 milesTX

THE TPMS SYSTEM INCORRECTLY REPORTS TIRE TEMPERATURES FALSELY AND DOES NOT REPORT AIR PRESSURE. TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 400 DEGREES F ARE COMMONLY REPORTED. THIS IS A WIDELY KNOW ISSUE WITHIN NEWMAR AND THEIR DEALER NETWORKS FOR RV'S BUILT ON THE FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS.*DT CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER HAS NO IDEA WHEN IT WOULD BE REPAIRED.*JB*DT*DT*JB*JB

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2018
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261000Routine
20232100Routine
20221500Routine
202131000Routine
2020 — this page5400Routine
20194800Routine
201881000Routine
20170200Routine
20160200Routine
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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 11, 2022. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.