Winnebago Chieftan: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Winnebago Chieftan, model years 1972 to 1992. NHTSA has 12 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 108% | |
| 1991 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 325% | |
| 1990 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 108% | |
| 1989 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,353 |
| 1988 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 108% | 11,353 |
| 1987 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 108% | 9,041 |
| 1986 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 325% | 9,041 |
| 1985 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 9,041 |
| 1982 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,783 |
| 1981 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,783 |
| 1980 Winnebago Chieftan | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2,383 |
| 1979 Winnebago Chieftan | 2 | 1 | 108% | 2,383 |
| 1972 Winnebago Chieftan NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 108% |
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 230.8 | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 153.8 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 153.8 | 2 |
| Steering | 153.8 | 2 |
| Parking Brake | 153.8 | 2 |
| Tires | 76.9 | 1 |
| Exterior Lighting | 76.9 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Adventurer40 campaigns
- Winnebago11 campaigns
- Brave19 campaigns
- Minnie Winnie26 campaigns
- Sightseer30 campaigns
- Journey32 campaigns
- View31 campaigns
- Minnie23 campaigns
- Vista31 campaigns
- Chieftain10 campaigns
- Vectra9 campaigns
- Journey DL3 campaigns
- Sun Cruiser5 campaigns
- Forza9 campaigns
- Voyage19 campaigns
- ERA19 campaigns
- Travato18 campaigns
- VIA6 campaigns
- Lesharo5 campaigns
- Tour20 campaigns
- Elandan4 campaigns
- Super Chief3 campaigns
- Brave SE2 campaigns
- Aspect18 campaigns
- Outlook5 campaigns
- Access19 campaigns
- Navion12 campaigns
- Chalet7 campaigns
- Intent4 campaigns
- Trend9 campaigns
- Fuse4 campaigns
- Phasar5 campaigns
- Grand Tour3 campaigns
- Paseo2 campaigns
- Vecta2 campaigns
- Destination4 campaigns
- Spectrum3 campaigns
- WKP36L2 campaigns
- Winnie Drop2 campaigns
- WKM34RQ2 campaigns
- Ekko16 campaigns
- Revel11 campaigns
- Commercial Vehicle9 campaigns
- Sunstar8 campaigns
- Ultimate Advantage3 campaigns
- Ultimate Freedom3 campaigns
- Micro Minnie12 campaigns
- Solis6 campaigns
- Vita5 campaigns
- Porto5 campaigns
- Centauri4 campaigns
- Micro Minnie FLX5 campaigns
- Sunflyer4 campaigns
- Spirit5 campaigns
- CW822FT7 campaigns
- CW822FW7 campaigns
- CW825FT7 campaigns
- CW825FW7 campaigns
- Inspire3 campaigns
- Access Premier3 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. Winnebago Chieftan: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/winnebago/chieftan/. 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
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- WINNEBAGO IND., 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 Winnebago Chieftan model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1980 with 2, 1979 with 2, 1989 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Winnebago Chieftan model year has the most complaints?
- The 1986 model year, with 3 of the 12 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Winnebago Chieftan name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 3 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 2 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Winnebago Chieftan?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.