Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Winnebago Era, Travato, Minnie Winnie, Fuse, View, Trend, Aspect, Brave, Vista, Sightseer, Adventurer, Forza, Journey, Tour, Revel, Paseo, Chalet, Access, and Intent motorhomes and...
1987-2018 · 25 model years
Itasca Spirit Problems by year
Owners have filed 12 complaints about the Itasca Spirit across 25 model years, and it has 14 recalls. The 2004 has the most complaints once its age is allowed for (1). The most reported problem area is the wheels & tires, followed by the electrical system.
- Complaints
- 12
- Recalls
- 14
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- 0
Spirit complaints by model year
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Most common Spirit problems
Itasca Spirit recalls 14
Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Winnebago Vista, Brave, Trend, Minnie Winnie, and Itasca Sunstar, Tribute, Viva!, and Spirit vehicles manufactured March 18, 2013, to November 18, 2014. Due to a manufacturing...
Winnebago Industries is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Minnie Winnie, Aspect, Sightseer, Adventurer, and Journey motorhomes; and model year 2012-2014 Itasca Spirit, Cambria, Sunova, Suncruiser, and Meridian motorhomes. The affected vehicles were...
Winnebago is recalling certain my 2008-2009 motor homes built on my 2008 ford e450 chassis for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, "Tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars."...
On certain motor homes equipped with front overhead televisions, incorrect fasteners were used to secure the television located in the front overhead area of the motor home.
On certain motor homes equipped with kwikee brand electric steps, the steps may have been manufactured with defective step control units.
On motor homes built on ford e-series chassis, the air filter element material process resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in filter paper composition combined with the configuration of the air induction system, may...
On motor homes built on ford e-series chassis and equipped with gas engines, a diode in the anti-lock braking system (abs) module may experience an electrical short.
On certain motor homes equipped with samsung microwave ovens, models mr1031wb, mr1032bb, mr1033sb, mr1351wb, and mr1352bb, the microwaves were produced with a defective panel. An electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel...
On certain motor homes equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these units were produced with a defective panel. An electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel, especially overlapped by a "jumper" or jump wire. This may cause...
Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim with serial numbers between 700000 and 1008700 . These refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly...
Vehicle description: class a motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe. On some seat belts, the buckle and connector may unlatch during a collision.
Latest Spirit complaints
While inspecting the undercarriage of my 2017 itasca spirit if331g with approximately 2000 delivery miles, I noticed a floor screw contacting a wiring harness in vicinity of rear differential. The contact happened to be made where there is electrical tape and the electrical tape is already damaged at the point of contact. The manufacturer should investigate the potential for an electrical short-circuit as the screw is sharp, develop a repair procedure, and investigate if this problem is systemic to all if331g models.
Winnebago motor home with recalled samsung microwave customer states that the microwave can cause a fire**cc the consumer stated he received a recall for their samsung microwave and the microwave became inoperable, so the consumer contacted the manufacturer as per instructed and took the microwave to the repair shop and was informed by the shop that they could not fix the defect due to the fact samsung could not get the keypad to work. The consumer stated he has been back and forth with the manufacturer about the microwave which samsung has possessed for two months. The consumer stated he would like the situation investigated. *Tr
(1) On 12th of august, proceeding on freeway, my wife and I were stopped in traffic. Once traffic started I proceeded to depressed gas pedal and cabinet television fell out onto my wife's head and shoulders and then struck area behind the driver's seat, then broke the top of the dog barrier gate separating the drivers' compartment from the coach and damaged bench and table behind driver. I placed my right arm under the tv and held it up as best as I could, slammed on the brakes while I checked with my wife to...
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determine if she was ok. The remaining wires connected to the back of the television broke; my wife extricated herself from beneath the television. (2) Subsequent bruising was severe on my wife's shoulder and forearm, with minor swelling of her forehead. My wife had a follow up visit with our family doctor and was given prescription for pain and soreness. (3) I immediately called both my sales representative and watts rv to explain what occurred and was requested to bring the vehicle in on monday. I called winnebago owner relations dept. And informed them of the incident and that I was returning the vehicle to watts rv for repair. I was asked to have them call owner relations with the problem. I informed the service dept. That I wanted winnebago the look at the engineering and design of the television cabinet to design a safe solution to this matter. I was informed that watts rv will decide the best solution for a permanent fix. I personally expressed my surprise that the television was not anchored to the chassis coach; it is only held in by a metal band that is bolted to the cabinet framework. This to me is inadequate and I really feel that winnebago has to reengineer the design for this problem. Regardless, watts rv has ordered replacement cabinet parts, table etc. And has determined that they will add additional exterior cabinet framing pieces to prevent the television from falling out of its place. *Nm
Dt: winnebago which was recently bought was missing a seat belt. Manufacturer refused to replace this. Winnebago has 3 seat positions, but only 2 seat belts. The third seat has a place for the seat belt, but no seat belt found there.*Ak
The tire tread on my motorhome front tire separated, causing damage to my vehicle. I have replaced all seven of my goodyear tires for defects. *Ak
On 2001 itasce spirit 31t motor home on a ford 450 chassis I experienced a belt/tread failure of a firestone steeltex r4s lt225/75r16 tire on the inner drivers side rear dual wheel position. There was a loud rumble which I at first thought was caused by pavement roughness. I slowed down from approx. 60 Mph at which time the tread let go with a loud noise. Fortunately I was able to control the vehicle as the outer dual tire held. Upon inspection the inner half of the tread had let go, caught the 1/16" metal plate...
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holding the mud flap which it bent up over the tires preventing secondary damage to the wheel well of my motor home. I tried contacting firestone and was sent on a wild goose chase to end up on a voice mail at the dayton engineering center. I am replacing all 7 of the tires on my motor home with non firestone tires. The risk of injury to my motor home or the possible death of my wife and I or our children and grandchildren who frequently use it far outweights the cost of new tires. Reasearching the nhtsa web site I find there have been 216 complaints prior to mine and that there are two (2) open odi's, dp04-004 and 005. I am at present contacting listoni and listoni of pasadena ca who petitioned for these actions and plan to write letters to all of the rv owners associations and publications asking them to make their members aware of the potential dangers of the steeltex r4s tires. I believe that while there have been no deaths resulting from failures of these tires they should be recalled as were the other firestone tires from the same era. *Ak
Questions about the Itasca Spirit
Which Itasca Spirit years have the most problems?
Which Itasca Spirit years have the fewest complaints?
What are the most common Itasca Spirit problems?
Across every model year, owners report problems with the wheels & tires (5), electrical system (2), equipment & accessories (2) most often.
How many recalls does the Itasca Spirit have?
NHTSA lists 14 recalls across all Itasca Spirit model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data