Keystone Laredo, model years 2013 to 2014. Filed by Keystone RV Company and reported to NHTSA on 10 July 2013. 239 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Keystone RV is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Laredo Fifth Wheel vehicles, models 270SRL, 280SBH, 290SRE and 293SBH, manufactured March 6, 2013, through June 27, 2013. The battery box has inadequate support for the battery and the box may fall out of position during travel.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
Keystone's own number for this recall: 13-194. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V305 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V305 cover?
- Keystone Laredo, model years 2013-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Keystone RV is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Laredo Fifth Wheel vehicles, models 270SRL, 280SBH, 290SRE and 293SBH, manufactured March 6, 2013, through June 27, 2013. The battery box has inadequate support for the battery and the box may fall out of position during travel.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The battery box may fall out of position resulting in electrical shorts which may lead to a fire. Also, the battery box may fall from the vehicle creating a road hazard.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Keystone RV will notify owners and will install a battery box mounting reinforcement kit, free of charge. The recall began on July 22, 2013. Owners may contact Keystone Customer Service by calling 1-866-425-4369. Keystone's identification code for this recall is 13-194.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Keystone calls this recall 13-194, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The battery box may fall out of position resulting in electrical shorts which may lead to a fire. Also, the battery box may fall from the vehicle creating a road hazard.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V305 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Keystone RV Company |
| System at fault | Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 July 2013 |
| Model years | 2013-2014 |
| Vehicles named | KEYSTONE LAREDO |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The battery box may fall out of position resulting in electrical shorts which may lead to a fire. Also, the battery box may fall from the vehicle creating a road hazard.
The remedy
Keystone RV will notify owners and will install a battery box mounting reinforcement kit, free of charge. The recall began on July 22, 2013. Owners may contact Keystone Customer Service by calling 1-866-425-4369. Keystone's identification code for this recall is 13-194.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 13V305, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v305/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Keystone notices we hold
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- 10V239: MODEL YEAR 2010 AND 2011 COUGAR HIGH COUNTRY FIFTH WHEELS MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 15 THROUGH MAY 3, 2010
- 10V238: MODEL YEAR 2010 RAPTOR FIFTH WHEEL MOTORHOMES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 2, 2010
All 4 Keystone campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 13V305 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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