Newmar Essex, Newmar London Aire, Newmar Mountain Aire, Newmar Ventana, Newmar Ventana Le, model years 2017 to 2019. Filed by Newmar Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 2 August 2018. 119 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Newmar Ventana LE and Ventana motorhomes, 2018 Mountain Aire and Essex motorhomes, and 2017-2018 London Aire motorhomes. The brake caliper mounting bolts on these vehicles may be insufficiently tightened, allowing the bolts to loosen.
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.
Newmar's own number for this recall: 18V-353. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V505 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 18V505 cover?
- Newmar Essex, Newmar London Aire, Newmar Mountain Aire, Newmar Ventana, Newmar Ventana Le, model years 2017-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Newmar Ventana LE and Ventana motorhomes, 2018 Mountain Aire and Essex motorhomes, and 2017-2018 London Aire motorhomes. The brake caliper mounting bolts on these vehicles may be insufficiently tightened, allowing the bolts to loosen.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the brake caliper mounting bolts loosen, braking performance may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Newmar will notify owners, and authorized Daimler Trucks service centers will inspect the caliper mounting bolts and tighten them to the proper specification, free of charge. The recall began on August 30, 2018. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Newmar calls this recall 18V-353, 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 brake caliper mounting bolts loosen, braking performance may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V505 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Newmar Corporation |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 August 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2019 |
| Vehicles named | NEWMAR ESSEX, NEWMAR LONDON AIRE, NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE, NEWMAR VENTANA, NEWMAR VENTANA LE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the brake caliper mounting bolts loosen, braking performance may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Newmar will notify owners, and authorized Daimler Trucks service centers will inspect the caliper mounting bolts and tighten them to the proper specification, free of charge. The recall began on August 30, 2018. Owners may contact Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 18V-353.
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 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Newmar Essex recalls: 54 US campaigns
- Newmar London Aire recalls: 37 US campaigns
- Newmar Mountain Aire recalls: 47 US campaigns
- Newmar Ventana recalls: 46 US campaigns
- Newmar Ventana Le recalls: 20 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 18V505, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v505/
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 Newmar notices we hold
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- 26V015: 2026 Freedom Aire motorhomes equipped with a ThermaHeat Tank Pad
- 25V431: 2023-2024 London Aire, Essex, and 2016-2024 King Aire motorhomes
- 24V787: 2023-2025 Super Star motorhomes
- 24V301: 2022 Bay Star motorhomes
All 105 Newmar 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 18V505 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
1c4ae180 - Consequence
93025e20 - 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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