Showhauler Garage Coach, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 12 October 2016. 3 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. (ShowHauler) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Garagecoaches manufactured September 25, 2014, to July 7, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with Thieman Tailgates-brand TVL 12/16 series lift gates supported with roller chains that may fail.
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.
Showhauler's own number for this recall: 16E076. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V730 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 16V730 cover?
- Showhauler Garage Coach, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. (ShowHauler) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Garagecoaches manufactured September 25, 2014, to July 7, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with Thieman Tailgates-brand TVL 12/16 series lift gates supported with roller chains that may fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure of either the street or curb side roller chain would result in that side of the platform falling immediately to the ground without notice, causing an uneven surface and increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. ShowHauler will notify owners, and Thieman dealers will replace the lift gate chains, free of charge. The recall began on October 20, 2016. Owners may contact Thieman customer service at 1-800-524-5210 extension 104 or ShowHauler customer service at 1-574-825-6764.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Showhauler calls this recall 16E076, 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: “Failure of either the street or curb side roller chain would result in that side of the platform falling immediately to the ground without notice, causing an uneven surface and increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V730 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Hatchback/Liftgate |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 October 2016 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | SHOWHAULER GARAGE COACH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Failure of either the street or curb side roller chain would result in that side of the platform falling immediately to the ground without notice, causing an uneven surface and increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
ShowHauler will notify owners, and Thieman dealers will replace the lift gate chains, free of charge. The recall began on October 20, 2016. Owners may contact Thieman customer service at 1-800-524-5210 extension 104 or ShowHauler customer service at 1-574-825-6764. ShowHauler's number for this recall is 16E076.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 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
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V730, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v730/
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.
Other Showhauler notices we hold
- 21V540: 2018-2020 Garage Coach, Motorhome, and Toter Coach
- 17V847: all 2003-2018 Garage Coach, Motorhome, and Toter Coach recreational
- 16V039: model year 2007-2011 Motorhomes, Garage units, and Toterhomes manufactured June 1, 2007, to April 13, 2011
- 13V402: model year 2006-2013 Motorhome, Garage Unit, and Toterhome
- 12V421: model year 2009-2011 Motorhomes, Toterhomes and Garage Units equipped with Sure Power battery separator devices, due to overheating
- 11V103: RECREATIONAL
All 7 Showhauler 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 16V730 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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e6157b6b - 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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