Knapheide Manufacturing Company: Equipment › Mechanical › Winch
Knapheide Manufacturing Company reported this defect to federal regulators on May 26, 2023 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 38. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Knapheide Manufacturing Company (KMC) is recalling certain 2022-2023 GM 2500HD, 2022 RAM 3500, Ford F-250, F-350, F-550, and 2023 GM 3500 vehicles equipped with certain Warn Industries VR EVO winches with a wireless handheld remote. Water may enter the handheld remote control for the winch and cause circuit board corrosion, which can allow the winch to operate unintentionally.
The risk
A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
KMC will work with Warn Industries, Inc. to provide owners instructions on how to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery pack from the remote. If corrosion or water intrusion is found when removing the battery pack owners should stop using the remote and contact WARN customer service for a replacement remote, free of charge. Once new parts are available, WARN will make a replacement water resistant remote available, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 13, 2023. Owners may contact KMC customer service at 217-222-7131.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Knapheide GM 2500Hd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Knapheide GM 3500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Knapheide Ford F-250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Knapheide Ford F-350 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Knapheide Ford F-550 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Knapheide GM 2500Hd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Knapheide Ram 3500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 23V381000.
Full record for the 2023 Knapheide GM 2500Hd → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →