1997 Ultimate Advantage: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Ultimate Advantage. The newest campaign is 02V276006. NHTSA received the report on 3 Dec 2002. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. 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, 02V276006, in the NHTSA record
Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement gas valve free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005 or winnebago at 641-585-3535.
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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Since the last update
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Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 718 units in total.
02V276006Received . 631 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 442, 443, 452, ev452, 453, 462, ev462, 463, ev463, 482, ev482, 483, ev483, 874, and 875. These refrigerators can experience a break down in a rubber seal within the gas valve. As the rubber seal ages, a leak may occur, allowing propane gas to accumulate in the burner area.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The consequence can result in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement gas valve free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005 or winnebago at 641-585-3535.
Report filed by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC..
00V378000Received . 87 units.
Suspension / Front
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes. The front axle and/or front tires can encounter unequal side-to-side loading due to inappropriate loading or the vehicle's leveling device becoming improperly adjusted.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Should this occur, one or more of the front axle components could fail increasing the risk of a crash or personal injury.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will correct this overloading condition by replacing defective components including tires, where necessary.
Report filed by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 77. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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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 |
|---|---|
| Tires | 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
- 8 Jul 2002
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.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1997 Ultimate AdvantageThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1997 Ultimate Advantage: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ultimate/advantage/1997/. 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
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC.
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Ultimate Advantage?
- 718 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Ultimate Advantage have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Ultimate Advantage, model years 1996 to 2004. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Ultimate Advantage name most often?
- Tires: 1 of 1 component mention.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Ultimate Advantage open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.