Recall Register

2009 Winnebago J38S: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2009 Winnebago J38S. The newest campaign is 12V278000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Jun 2012. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic. NHTSA has no 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, 12V278000, in the NHTSA record

Freightliner custom chassis (fccc) will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided the agency with a remedy or owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact winnebago at 1-641-585-3535 or daimler trucks at 1-800-547-0712.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 68 units in total.

  1. 12V278000Received . 63 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Winnebago industries (winnebago) is recalling certain model year 2009 through 2012 winnebago commercial vehicle model j38s, model year 2009 and 2010 adventurer motorhomes manufactured from october 30, 2008, through september 9, 2011, and one 2009 itasca suncruiser motorhome built november 2009. These motorhomes chassis are equipped with bosch hydraulic disc brakes which when exposed to long periods of time of non-driving may experience diametrical brake caliper piston growth and reduced piston to bore clearance potentially leading to brake drag and overheating resulting in reduced brake performance.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Reduced brake performance increases the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Freightliner custom chassis (fccc) will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided the agency with a remedy or owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact winnebago at 1-641-585-3535 or daimler trucks at 1-800-547-0712.

    Report filed by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC..

  2. 11V217000Received . 5 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Winnebago is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 adventurer manufactured from may 14, 2009, through october 16, 2009, and certain model year 2009-2010 winnebago j38s commercial vehicles manufactured from october 30, 2008 through june 21, 2010. The stop lamps may be intermittent during light brake applications.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The stop lamps may not properly indicate that the service brakes are applied which may lead to a crash without warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dtna/freightliner will notify owners and repair the vehicles free of charge. Please see dtna's safety defect report 10v-178. Owners may contact the warranty campaigns department at 1-800-547-0712.

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

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Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

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Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20092
  2. 20102
  3. 20111
  4. 20121

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2009 Winnebago J38S: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/winnebago/j38s/2009/. 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 2009 Winnebago J38S?
68 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 J38S have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Winnebago J38S, model years 2009 to 2012. 2 of them name the 2009 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2009 Winnebago J38S open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.