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Four Winds Magellan

Every Four Winds Magellan model year on file, 2004 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62004 to 2010
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.7512004200520062007120092010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Four Winds Magellan complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Four Winds Magellan model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Four Winds Magellan by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2010Not decoded0NoneNone201
2009Not decoded0NoneNone201
2007Other10.050300
2006Not decoded0NoneNone400
2005Not decoded0NoneNone100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Four Winds Magellan

  • 15V-745 Nov 10, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with certain Lippert-brand Coachstep Double and Triple Electric Steps
    Equipment · 13k vehicles
  • 15V-698 Oct 23, 2015
    Affected vehicles are wired to be powered by a generator and are equipped with an Iota ITS-50R transfer switch that may fail when exposed to…
    Electrical system · 503 vehicles
  • 12V-516 Oct 22, 2012
    Models affected are Four Winds brand models: Chateau, Dutchmen, Hurricane, Windsport, Magellan, Fun Mover, Presidio, and Mandalay
    Electrical system · 634 vehicles
  • 09V-204 Jun 10, 2009
    When combined with occasional or seasonal vehicle operation may experience calipers sticking in the applied position
    Brakes · 684 vehicles
  • 07V-305 Jul 18, 2007
    On certain motor homes, the flexible gas line supplying propane to the appliances in the kitchen slide-out room may be improperly routed or supported
    Equipment · 72 vehicles
  • 06V-351 Sep 13, 2006
    On certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with gm 8.1l v8 engines, improper hardening during the heat treatment process can…
    Engine and cooling · 692 vehicles
  • 06V-256 Jul 12, 2006
    Certain chassis may have been equipped with incorrect steering intermediate shafts
    Steering · 70 vehicles
  • 05V-465 Oct 6, 2005
    On certain class a and class b motor homes, the hitch may have been manufactured with a spacer plate that does not fit flush to the rear extension
    Trailer hitches · 221 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.