Newmar Essex, Newmar London Aire, Newmar Mountain Aire, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by Newmar Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 10 May 2016. 93 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Newmar Corporation (Newmar) recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Essex, and 2015 Mountain Aire and London Aire motorhomes manufactured from May 20, 2013, through April 09, 2015. These vehicles are built on Freightliner rear engine chassis that have 18,000lb or 20,000lb-capacity front axles. In these motorhomes, the …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 16V-121. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V280 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 16V280 cover?
- Newmar Essex, Newmar London Aire, Newmar Mountain Aire, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Newmar Corporation (Newmar) recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Essex, and 2015 Mountain Aire and London Aire motorhomes manufactured from May 20, 2013, through April 09, 2015. These vehicles are built on Freightliner rear engine chassis that have 18,000lb or 20,000lb-capacity front axles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Loss of power steering assist would result in increased difficulty to steer the vehicle in either direction at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Newmar will notify owners, and Freightliner dealers will replace the power steering hose with a higher temperature rated one, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2016. Owners may contact Freightliner customer service at 1-800-547-0712 or Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300.
- 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 16V-121, 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: “Loss of power steering assist would result in increased difficulty to steer the vehicle in either direction at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V280 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Newmar Corporation |
| System at fault | Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist:Hose, Piping, And Connections |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 May 2016 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | NEWMAR ESSEX, NEWMAR LONDON AIRE, NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Loss of power steering assist would result in increased difficulty to steer the vehicle in either direction at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Newmar will notify owners, and Freightliner dealers will replace the power steering hose with a higher temperature rated one, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2016. Owners may contact Freightliner customer service at 1-800-547-0712 or Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 16V-121.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Newmar Essex recalls: 54 US campaigns
- Newmar London Aire recalls: 37 US campaigns
- Newmar Mountain Aire recalls: 47 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V280, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v280/
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 16V280 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
eb870757 - Consequence
e13dc248 - 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.
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