Carado Axion, Carado Banff, Hymer Aktiv, Hymer Aktiv 2.0, Hymer Sonne, Roadtrek Cs Adventurous, model years 2012 to 2018. Filed by Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 2 January 2018. 5,185 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc. (Erwin Hymer) is recalling certain 2012-2018 Roadtrek E-trek, CS Adventurous, RS Adventurous, SS Agile, Zion, Zion SRT, Simplicity, Simplicity SRT, Hymer Aktiv, Aktiv 2.0, Sonne, Carado Banff, Axion, and Sunlight Van One vehicles. These motorhomes are equipped with Kidde E10 or …
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.
Erwin Hymer's own number for this recall: 17E062000. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V001 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 18V001 cover?
- Carado Axion, Carado Banff, Hymer Aktiv, Hymer Aktiv 2.0, Hymer Sonne, Roadtrek CS Adventurous, Roadtrek E-Trek, Roadtrek RS Adventurous, model years 2012-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc. (Erwin Hymer) is recalling certain 2012-2018 Roadtrek E-trek, CS Adventurous, RS Adventurous, SS Agile, Zion, Zion SRT, Simplicity, Simplicity SRT, Hymer Aktiv, Aktiv 2.0, Sonne, Carado Banff, Axion, and Sunlight Van One vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Erwin Hymer will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on January 8, 2018.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Erwin Hymer calls this recall 17E062000, 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: “If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V001 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 January 2018 |
| Model years | 2012-2018 |
| Vehicles named | CARADO AXION, CARADO BANFF, HYMER AKTIV, HYMER AKTIV 2.0, HYMER SONNE, ROADTREK CS ADVENTUROUS, ROADTREK E-TREK, ROADTREK RS ADVENTUROUS, ROADTREK SIMPLICITY, ROADTREK SIMPLICITY SRT, ROADTREK SS AGILE, ROADTREK ZION, ROADTREK ZION SRT, SUNLIGHT VAN ONE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
The remedy
Erwin Hymer will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on January 8, 2018. Owners may contact Erwin Hymer customer service at 1-844-413-8245, or 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. For additional guidance consumers can contact Erwin Hymer Group North America, Inc., customer service line at 844-496-3735. Erwin Hymer's number for this recall is 17E062000.
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
- Hymer Aktiv recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Roadtrek CS Adventurous recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Roadtrek E-Trek recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Roadtrek RS Adventurous recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Roadtrek SS Agile recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Roadtrek Zion recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Roadtrek Zion SRT recalls: 9 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 18V001, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v001/
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 Hymer notices we hold
- 18V712: 2018-2019 Hymer Aktiv and Aktiv 2
- 18V529: 2015-2018 Roadtrek Zion motorhomes equipped with a side-facing sofa
- 18V528: 2017-2018 Roadtrek RS Adventurous XL, E-trek XL, RS Adventurous, and E-trek motorhomes equipped with a driver's side second row captain seat option
- 17V537: 2016-2018 Hymer Aktiv recreational
All 5 Hymer 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 18V001 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
c8543bee - Consequence
502b183d - 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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