Kzrv Sportsmen Sportster, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Kzrv, L.p. and reported to NHTSA on 12 October 2017. 19 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says KZRV, L.P. (KZRV) is recalling certain 2017-2018 KZRV Sportsmen Sportster trailers. There is insufficient clearance between the slide out support arm and the vehicle tires. While the trailer is being towed, the axle travel can allow the tire to contact the support arm.
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.
KZRV's own number for this recall: KZ-2017-07. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V645 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 17V645 cover?
- KZRV Sportsmen Sportster, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- KZRV, L.P. (KZRV) is recalling certain 2017-2018 KZRV Sportsmen Sportster trailers. There is insufficient clearance between the slide out support arm and the vehicle tires. While the trailer is being towed, the axle travel can allow the tire to contact the support arm.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Tire contact with the slide support arm adjustment bolt may damage the tire, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KZRV will notify owners and dealers will modify the slide room support arm to provide the proper clearance, free of charge. The recall began on November 17, 2017. Owners may contact KZRV customer service at 1-800-768-4016 extensions 154 or 153. KZRV's number for this recall is KZ-2017-07.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Kzrv calls this recall KZ-2017-07, 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: “Tire contact with the slide support arm adjustment bolt may damage the tire, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V645 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | KZRV, L.P. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 October 2017 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | KZRV SPORTSMEN SPORTSTER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Tire contact with the slide support arm adjustment bolt may damage the tire, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
KZRV will notify owners and dealers will modify the slide room support arm to provide the proper clearance, free of charge. The recall began on November 17, 2017. Owners may contact KZRV customer service at 1-800-768-4016 extensions 154 or 153. KZRV's number for this recall is KZ-2017-07.
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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 17V645, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v645/
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 KZRV notices we hold
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- 22V756: 2023 Durango travel trailers
- 22V462: 2021 Escape travel trailers
- 22V161: 2022 Stratus, Connect, Sonic, and SportTrek travel trailers
- 21V992: 2022 KZRV Connect travel trailers
- 21V814: 2022 Stratus and SportTrek trailers
- 21V460: 2021 Connect travel trailers
All 38 KZRV 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 17V645 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
13539c4c - Consequence
80084255 - 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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