Newmar Scottsdale Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome, Kountry Aire Class A Motorhome, Northern Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Dutch Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Kountry Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome. Published by Transport Canada as 2004180 on 28 May 2004. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the latching mechanism on the driver and passenger seat belt buckles is defective. In the event of a crash, separation of the seat belt buckle and latch may occur. Correction: Dealers will replace the seat belt buckles.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004180
- Recall date
- 28 May 2004
- Make
- Newmar
- Models
- Scottsdale Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome, Kountry Aire Class A Motorhome, Northern Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Dutch Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Kountry Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome
- Model years
- 2004
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 82
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the latching mechanism on the driver and passenger seat belt buckles is defective. In the event of a crash, separation of the seat belt buckle and latch may occur. Correction: Dealers will replace the seat belt buckles.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2004180.
Newmar elsewhere in this register
Newmar is named on 169 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004201 · 17 June 2004 · Horizon, Meridian, Vectra · Brakes
- 2004083 · 4 March 2004 · Dutch Star Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome · Wheels
- 2004292 · 13 August 2004 · Dutch Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Kountry Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Northern Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Seats And Restraints
- 2004338 · 15 September 2004 · Kountry Star Fifth Wheel Trailer · Other
- 2005096 · 5 April 2005 · Mountain Aire Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome, Scottsdale Class A Motorhome · Lights And Instruments
- 2005162 · 24 May 2005 · Dutch Star Class A Motorhome, Mountain Aire Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome · Lights And Instruments
- 2003070 · 17 March 2003 · Scottsdale Class A Motorhome, Dutch Star Class A Motorhome, Kountry Star Class A Motorhome · Lights And Instruments
- 2005258 · 6 September 2005 · Kountry Star Fifth Wheel Trailer · Wheels
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004163 · 17 May 2004 · Touareg · Seats And Restraints
- 2004160 · 12 May 2004 · 9-3 · Seats And Restraints
- 2004158 · 10 May 2004 · Envoy, Bravada, Trailblazer · Seats And Restraints
- 2004157 · 7 May 2004 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2004142 · 22 April 2004 · 7400 6x4, 7600 6x4, 7500 6x4 · Seats And Restraints
- 2004138 · 20 April 2004 · Express, Savana · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Newmar Kountry Star, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Newmar: 169 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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