Gulf Stream Amerilite, Gulf Stream Aztec, Gulf Stream Canyon Trail, Gulf Stream Capri, Gulf Stream Cavalier, Gulf Stream Conquest, model years 2011 to 2012. Filed by Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 4 January 2018. 3,034 vehicles potentially affected.
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 20170104. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V005 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 18V005 cover?
- Gulf Stream Amerilite, Gulf Stream Aztec, Gulf Stream Canyon Trail, Gulf Stream Capri, Gulf Stream Cavalier, Gulf Stream Conquest, Gulf Stream Endura Max, Gulf Stream Executive Ridgeline, model years 2011-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. (Gulf Stream) is recalling certain 2011-2012 Endura Max fifth wheel, Matrix, Matrix fifth wheel, Yellowstone, Canyon Trail, Aztec, Ridgeline, Mako, Executive Ridgeline, Explorer, Stream-Lite Sport, Stream-Lite Explorer, Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze Sport, Visa, Gulf Breeze...
- 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. Gulf Stream will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on February 14, 2018.
- 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 20170104, 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: “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 | 18V005 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 January 2018 |
| Model years | 2011-2012 |
| Vehicles named | GULF STREAM AMERILITE, GULF STREAM AZTEC, GULF STREAM CANYON TRAIL, GULF STREAM CAPRI, GULF STREAM CAVALIER, GULF STREAM CONQUEST, GULF STREAM ENDURA MAX, GULF STREAM EXECUTIVE RIDGELINE, GULF STREAM EXPLORER, GULF STREAM GULF BREEZE, GULF STREAM INNSBROOK, GULF STREAM KINGSPORT, GULF STREAM MAKO, GULF STREAM MATRIX |
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
Gulf Stream will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on February 14, 2018. Owners may contact Gulf Stream customer service at 1-800-289-8787, 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.
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
- Gulf Stream Amerilite recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Aztec recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Canyon Trail recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Conquest recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Gulf Breeze recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Kingsport recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Mako recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Gulf Stream Matrix 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 18V005, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v005/
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 18V005 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
55258051 - 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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