Western Alpenlite: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Western Alpenlite, model years 1989 to 2008. NHTSA has 19 complaints on file for this model line. 6 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.
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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 316% | |
| 2007 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 158% | |
| 2006 Western Alpenlite | 2 | 0 | 0% | 48 |
| 2005 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 316% | |
| 2003 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 6,188 |
| 2002 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 158% | 6,188 |
| 2001 Western Alpenlite | 3 | 0 | 0% | 6,416 |
| 2000 Western Alpenlite | 2 | 1 | 79% | 6,414 |
| 1999 Western Alpenlite | 3 | 3 | 237% | 6,280 |
| 1998 Western Alpenlite | 3 | 2 | 158% | 6,190 |
| 1997 Western Alpenlite | 2 | 0 | 0% | 6,188 |
| 1996 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1995 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 79% | 127 |
| 1990 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 112 |
| 1989 Western Alpenlite NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 112 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
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.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
22 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Tires | 272.7 | 6 |
| Wheels | 272.7 | 6 |
| Steering | 181.8 | 4 |
| Equipment | 90.9 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 90.9 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 45.5 | 1 |
| Service Brakes, Air | 45.5 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Alpine Coach8 campaigns
- Alpine4 campaigns
- Western3 campaigns
- Avalanche3 campaigns
- RWL Series7 campaigns
- RWS Series7 campaigns
- WL Series8 campaigns
- WS Series8 campaigns
- RL Series5 campaigns
- RS Series5 campaigns
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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.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Western Alpenlite: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/western/alpenlite/. 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
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- WESTERN RV, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Western Alpenlite model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 3, 1999 with 3, 1998 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Western Alpenlite model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 4 of the 19 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Western Alpenlite name?
- Tires: 6 component mentions. Wheels: 6 component mentions. Steering: 4 component mentions.