Newmar Corporation: Seat Belts › Rear/Other › Anchorage
Newmar Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 7, 2023 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 372. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2019-2023 Bay Star, 2020-2023 Bay Star Sport, and 2022-2023 Super Star motorhomes. The seat belt brackets for the dinette seat belts were modified to avoid interference with the vehicle slide-out rollers in the floor. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 210, "Seat belt Assembly Anchorages" and 207, "Seating Systems."
The risk
Modified seat belt mounting brackets can fail to properly restrain an occupant in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the seat belt mounting brackets, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 4, 2023. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 604RSB.
11 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Newmar Bay Star | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Newmar Bay Star Sport | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Newmar Super Star | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Newmar Bay Star | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Newmar Bay Star Sport | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Newmar Super Star | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Newmar Bay Star | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Newmar Bay Star Sport | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Newmar Bay Star | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Newmar Bay Star Sport | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Newmar Bay Star | 2 | 6 | 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 23V469000.
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