Recall Register

1997 Winnebago Adventurer: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Winnebago Adventurer. The newest campaign is 10V525000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Oct 2010. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment. NHTSA has 11 complaints 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, 10V525000, in the NHTSA record

Winnebago is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for additional information. The recall began during december 2010. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.
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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

2 campaigns, newest first. 29,051 units in total.

  1. 10V525000Received . 18,461 units.

    Equipment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Winnebago is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected in order to prevent a potential fire. The response times of the sensor algorithm and thermal switch devices to stop power are not sufficient.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The sensing algorithm or thermal switch installed to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected due to a possible hydrogen gas leak may not shut off in sufficient time to prevent a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Winnebago is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for additional information. The recall began during december 2010. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or winnebago at 1-641-585-3535.

    Report filed by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 97V012000Received . 10,590 units.

    Equipment / Mechanical / Carrier/Rack

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The 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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The spare tire can contact the road surface increasing the risk of a vehicle crash or property damage to the following vehicles.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will add a primary spare tire support bracket.

    Report filed by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC..

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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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

11 complaints, 11 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.

1997 Winnebago Adventurer: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Parking Brake3
Equipment2
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Electrical System1
Unknown or Other1
Fuel System, Gasoline1
Power Train1
Service Brakes1
Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
22 Mar 2014

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.

Complaints about the 1997 Winnebago Adventurer, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 4 complaints.

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.

  1. 19921
  2. 19931
  3. 19941
  4. 19951
  5. 19962
  6. 19972
  7. 19982
  8. 19991
  9. 20005
  10. 20016
  11. 20022
  12. 20035
  13. 20043
  14. 20056
  15. 20065
  16. 20073
  17. 20083
  18. 20094
  19. 20104
  20. 20113
  21. 20123
  22. 20134
  23. 20143
  24. 20155
  25. 20168
  26. 20175
  27. 20185
  28. 20194
  29. 20204
  30. 20213
  31. 20223
  32. 20234
  33. 20242
  34. 20252

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1997 Winnebago Adventurer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/winnebago/adventurer/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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
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 Winnebago Adventurer?
29,051 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Winnebago Adventurer have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Winnebago Adventurer, model years 1992 to 2025. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Winnebago Adventurer name most often?
Parking Brake: 3 of 11 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Winnebago Adventurer open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.