Damon Astoria, Damon Avanti, Damon Challenger, Damon Daybreak, Damon Essence, Damon Outlaw, model years 2008 to 2016. Filed by Thor Motor Coach and reported to NHTSA on 10 November 2015. 12,656 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Thor Motor Coach (Thor) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Thor Challenger, Thor Citation, Thor Hurricane, Thor Tuscany, Thor Windsport, 2011-2012 Thor Astoria, Thor Avanti, Thor Chateau, 2011-2014 Thor Daybreak, 2011-2015 Thor Outlaw, Thor Siesta, 2014-2015 Thor Miramar, 2012 Thor Four Winds, 2008-2011 Damon …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: RC000111. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V745 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 15V745 cover?
- Damon Astoria, Damon Avanti, Damon Challenger, Damon Daybreak, Damon Essence, Damon Outlaw, Damon Tuscany, Four Winds Chateau, model years 2008-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Thor Motor Coach (Thor) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Thor Challenger, Thor Citation, Thor Hurricane, Thor Tuscany, Thor Windsport, 2011-2012 Thor Astoria, Thor Avanti, Thor Chateau, 2011-2014 Thor Daybreak, 2011-2015 Thor Outlaw, Thor Siesta, 2014-2015 Thor Miramar, 2012 Thor Four...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Unstable entry and exit steps increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Thor will notify owners, and dealers will install a retainer bracket to reinforce the operating mechanism and replace all of the affected bolts, free of charge. The recall began on January 6, 2016. Owners may contact Thor customer service at 1-877-855-2867. Thor's number for this recall is RC000111.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall RC000111, 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: “Unstable entry and exit steps increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V745 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Thor Motor Coach |
| System at fault | Equipment:Recreational Vehicle/Trailer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 November 2015 |
| Model years | 2008-2016 |
| Vehicles named | DAMON ASTORIA, DAMON AVANTI, DAMON CHALLENGER, DAMON DAYBREAK, DAMON ESSENCE, DAMON OUTLAW, DAMON TUSCANY, FOUR WINDS CHATEAU, FOUR WINDS CITATION, FOUR WINDS DORADO, FOUR WINDS DUTCHMEN, FOUR WINDS FOUR WINDS, FOUR WINDS FUN MOVER, FOUR WINDS HURRICANE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Unstable entry and exit steps increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Thor will notify owners, and dealers will install a retainer bracket to reinforce the operating mechanism and replace all of the affected bolts, free of charge. The recall began on January 6, 2016. Owners may contact Thor customer service at 1-877-855-2867. Thor's number for this recall is RC000111.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2015529, recorded 6 November 2015 (within a week of the American filing)
Matched on RC000111, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Damon Challenger recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Damon Daybreak recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Damon Essence recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Four Winds Hurricane recalls: 4 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V745, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v745/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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 15V745 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
19b1209d - Consequence
e5b7ea21 - Remedy
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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.
The wording we hold for 15V745 · how the whole register is watched
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