Showhauler Garage Coach, Showhauler Motorhome, Showhauler Toter Coach, model years 2003 to 2018. Filed by ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 29 December 2017. 783 vehicles potentially affected.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 17V847 cover?
- Showhauler Garage Coach, Showhauler Motorhome, Showhauler Toter Coach, model years 2003-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. (ShowHauler) is recalling all 2003-2018 Garage Coach, Motorhome, and Toter Coach recreational vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. ShowHauler will notify owners to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2018.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V847 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | ShowHauler Trucks, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 December 2017 |
| Model years | 2003-2018 |
| Vehicles named | SHOWHAULER GARAGE COACH, SHOWHAULER MOTORHOME, SHOWHAULER TOTER COACH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
ShowHauler will notify owners to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2018. Owners may contact Kidde customer service toll-free at 1-855-262-3540, or online at www.kidde.com and click on "Product Safety Recall" for more information or owners may call ShowHauler customer service at 1-574-825-6764.
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 models named here, across their whole recall history
- Showhauler Garage Coach recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Showhauler Motorhome recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Showhauler Toter Coach 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 17V847, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v847/
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 Showhauler notices we hold
- 21V540: 2018-2020 Garage Coach, Motorhome, and Toter Coach
- 16V730: model year 2014-2015 Garagecoaches manufactured September 25, 2014, to July 7, 2015
- 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 17V847 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5273dc84 - Consequence
a7a67d49 - 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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