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Winnebago Chieftain

Every Winnebago Chieftain model year on file, 1994 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years224 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years171994 to 2011
Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins117Summed across model years
By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 13, 59% of the model's total

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

05101519941997199913200120032005200720092011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Winnebago Chieftain complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
7
Equipment
3
Brakes
3
Fuel system
2
Tires
2
Electrical system
2
Lighting
1
Steering
1
Engine and cooling
1
Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Winnebago Chieftain 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.

Winnebago Chieftain by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Not decoded0NoneNone107
2010Not decoded0NoneNone107
2009Not decoded0NoneNone107
2008Not decoded0NoneNone107
2007Not decoded0NoneNone107
2006Not decoded0NoneNone107
2005Not decoded0NoneNone307
2004Not decoded0NoneNone307
2003Not decoded0NoneNone207
2002Not decoded10.0100207
2001Not decoded0NoneNone407
2000Other425.0200507
1999Other1323.1650307
1998Other40.0133308
1997Not decoded0NoneNone206
1996Not decoded0NoneNone206
1994Not decoded0NoneNone106
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Winnebago Chieftain

  • 10V-525 Oct 26, 2010
    Population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high…
    Equipment · 18k vehicles
  • 09V-300 Jul 29, 2009
    Fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak
    Equipment · 1,547 vehicles
  • 08V-265 Jun 13, 2008
    Fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak
    Equipment · 930 vehicles
  • 04V-609 Dec 22, 2004
    On certain motor homes built on a 20,700 gvwr or greater workhorse chassis, there may not be sufficient clearance in the area where the fuel line…
    Fuel system · 3,538 vehicles
  • 04V-608 Dec 18, 2004
    Certain seat belt buckles on some motor homes fail to conform to the load requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt…
    Seat belts · 6,201 vehicles
  • 02V-276-006 Dec 3, 2002
    Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 442, 443, 452, ev452, 453, 462, ev462, 463, ev463, 482, ev482,…
    Equipment · 631 vehicles
  • 01V-128-004 Apr 30, 2001
    Vehicle description: class a motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe
    Seat belts · 4,370 vehicles
  • 00V-273-004 Oct 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: class a motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe
    Seat belts · 6,550 vehicles
  • 98V-015 Jan 26, 1998
    Vehicle description: motor homes
    Fuel system · 741 vehicles
  • 97V-012 Feb 3, 1997
    Spare tire carrier hoist components can become loose while traveling and allow the spare tire to move from its stored position to the road surface
    Equipment · 11k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.