1999 Newell Motor Home: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1999 Newell Motor Home. The newest campaign is 00V354000. NHTSA received the report on 31 Oct 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Front / Wheel Bearing. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 00V354000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. Also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
4 campaigns, newest first. 299 units in total.
- 00V354000Suspension / Front / Wheel Bearing
- 00V330000Steering / Linkages / Knuckle / Spindle / Arm
- 00V215003Steering / Linkages
- 98V314000Suspension / Front
00V354000Received . 55 units.
Suspension / Front / Wheel Bearing
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle ts6 tag axles. Hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. Also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.
Report filed by NEWELL COACH CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V330000Received . 80 units.
Steering / Linkages / Knuckle / Spindle / Arm
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana ifs suspensions. One of the four studs used to attach the spindle to the front suspension wishbones has broken.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If two studs break, the spindle is no longer attached to the a-frame and the suspension could then collapse, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace all studs and nuts, using longer studs.
Report filed by NEWELL COACH CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V215003Received . 104 units.
Steering / Linkages
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana steering relay levers. The levers can develop surface cracking.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This cracking condition could cause a portion of the steering lever to break off, possibly causing loss of steering control.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the steering relay levers.
Report filed by NEWELL COACH CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
98V314000Received . 60 units.
Suspension / Front
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana suspensions. A machining operation was omitted from the suspension pivot arm.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The downward suspension travel will be restricted and an interference can occur between the pivot arm and the upper wishbone. If left unattended, it can result in deformation and cracking of the upper wishbone casting.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the upper wishbones that have any signs of metal to metal contact and all pivot arms will need to be modified whether or not they show signs of metal contact.
Report filed by NEWELL COACH CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
1 complaint, 1 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 3 Jul 2000
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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- NHTSA page of the 1999 Newell Motor HomeThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1999 Newell Motor Home: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/newell/motor-home/1999/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- NEWELL COACH CORP.
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 Newell Motor Home?
- 299 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Newell Motor Home have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the Newell Motor Home, model years 1993 to 2011. 4 of them name the 1999 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Newell Motor Home name most often?
- Power Train: 1 of 1 component mention.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Newell Motor Home open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.