Winnebago Minnie Winnie problems & recalls

Problem: Winnebago industries, inc. (winnebago) is recalling certain 2024-2026 spirit, minnie winnie, travato, view, navion, and 2026-2027 sunflyer, 2021-2026 commercial vehicle, and 2023-2026 425 commercial shell motorhomes equipped with a thermaheat tank pad. the water tank heating pad may experience high resistance and fail.

Risk: A heating pad failure can increase the risk of a fire.

Fix: Dealers will install a new water tank heating pad, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed march 16, 2026. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-6939 or 1-800-537-1885. winnebago's number for this recall is 201.

Problem: Winnebago industries, inc. (winnebago) is recalling certain 2025 minnie winnie, navion, porto, spirit, view, and vita recreational vehicles. the lp tank mounting bracket fasteners may have been improperly tightened, causing the tank to detach.

Risk: A detached tank can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will inspect and correctly tighten the lp tank mounting assembly, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed march 13, 2025. owners may call winnebago customer service at 1-800-537-1885. winnebago's number for this recall is 195.

Problem: Winnebago industries, inc. (winnebago) is recalling certain 2025 minnie winnie and spirit motorhomes. the spare tire carrier mounting bolts may loosen, allowing the carrier to detach.

Risk: A detached spare tire carrier can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will inspect, replace, and correctly torque the bolts as necessary, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed february 3, 2025. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-800-537-1885. winnebago's number for this recall is 194.

Problem: Winnebago industries, inc. (winnebago) is recalling certain 2021-2023 sunstar, vista, 2022-2023 cambria, inspire, 2023 forza, 2024 minnie winnie, spirit, 2024-2025 porto and vita motorhomes. the led backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.

Risk: A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

Fix: Dealers will replace the cooktop control panel, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed september 5, 2024. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-6939 or 1-800-537-1885. winnebago's number for this recall is 184.

Problem: Winnebago industries, inc. (winnebago) is recalling certain 2022 ekko, 2020-2022 minnie winnie, spirit, 2020-2022 view, navion, and 2020-2021 vita, and porto motorhomes. an incorrect hitch label was installed, which can lead to overloading of the vehicle.

Risk: An overloaded vehicle can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will install the correct labels, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed may 6/2024. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-6939 or 1-800-537-1885. winnebago's number for this recall is 177.

Problem: Winnebago towable (winnebago) is recalling certain 2019-2020 micro minnie 5 travel trailers. an emergency exit window was not installed in the bedroom.

Risk: If occupants do not have access to the entry door, there is no alternate means of escape provided which may result in serious injury or death.

Fix: Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will replace the right side bedroom window with an escape window, free of charge. the recall began august 17, 2020. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-574-825-5280 extension 5220.

Problem: 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 commercial vehicles, and 2013-2018 itasca spirit, navion, cambria, tribute, sunstar, sunova, suncruiser, solei, meridian, elipse, horizon, reyo, and via motorhomes. these vehicles are equipped with kidde plastic-handle or push button 'pindicator' fire extinguishers that may become clogged, preventing the extinguisher from discharging as expected or excessive force may be needed to activate the extinguisher. additionally, in certain models, the

Risk: In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.

Fix: Winnebago will notify owners, instructing them to contact kidde for replacement or aftermarket fire extinguishers, free of charge. the recall began on january 19, 2018. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-3535, or kidde customer service toll-free at 1-855-262-3540, or online at www.kidde.com and click on "product safety recall" for more information.

Problem: 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 issue, the deadbolt locks installed on the vehicles may become stuck in a locked position.

Risk: A stuck deadbolt could potentially trap occupants inside the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

Fix: Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair deadbolts as needed, free of charge. winnebago issued an interim notification to owners on august 21, 2015. the recall began on november 4, 2015. owners may contact winnebago customer service at 1-641-585-3535, or trimark customer service at 1-641-394-3188.

Problem: 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 manufactured january 10, 2012, through april 5, 2013 and may be missing a range enclosure.

Risk: A missing range enclosure may allow the gas range flame to be extinguished due to air flow. in such a case, propane gas will continue to flow without a flame. if propane continues to flow, in the presence of an ignition source, it may suddenly combust resulting in a fire and/or personal injury.

Fix: Winnebago notify owners and dealers will install a range enclosure, free of charge. the safety recall began on may 20, 2013. owners may contact winnebago at 1-641-585-3535. winnebago's recall campaign number is 128.

Problem: Winnebago is recalling 31 my 2006-2008 itasca cambria, horizon, winnebago access, adventurer, journey, minnie winnie, signtseer, tour, vectra, and voyage motor homes equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. these lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user. the pressure sensing switch that detects the presence of weight on the platform was not adjusted to the necessary sensitivity level. the lift could stow even though someone or something is still on the lift.

Risk: A lift occupant can be injured should the lift begin to stow unintentionally.

Fix: Winnebago is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts (please see 07e097). owners may contact ricon at 1-800-322-2884 or winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.

Problem: Winnebago is recalling my 1999-2002 ultimate advantage, ultimate freedom, my 1999-2001 chieftain, my 2000-2001 brave, my 2001 journey my 2000 minnie winnie, my 2000-2002 itasca horizon, my 1999 suncruiser, my 2001 sunflyer, and my 2000 sunrise motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerators. a fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak.

Risk: Extended operation of a leaking cooling unit could lead to a fire from gas which might escape.

Fix: Winnebago is working with norcold to repair these refrigerators. norcold will provide thermal switch kits to owners along with the necessary forms and instructions. the manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.

Problem: Winnebago is recalling 35 my 2006-2008 aspect, access, chalet, outlook, and minnie winnie motor homes, and my 2007-2008 itasca cambria motor homes. a poor ground may develop on the daytime running light module that would allow the module to overheat.

Risk: This could have the potential to ignite, possibly resulting in personal injury and/or vehicle and property damage.

Fix: Dealers will replace the daytime running light module ground wire. the recall began on may 30, 2008. owners may contact winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.