Winnebago Adventurer, Winnebago Aspect, Winnebago Era, Winnebago Fuse, Winnebago Grand Tour, Winnebago Journey, model years 2016 to 2019. Filed by Winnebago Industries, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 17 August 2018. 6,700 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Winnebago Industries, Inc (Winnebago) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Winnebago Era, Travato, Fuse, View, Trend, Aspect, Paseo, Via, Adventurer, Journey, Tour, and Grand Tour motorhomes. These vehicles have an auxiliary solar charging port circuit that is not fused.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V546 cover?
- Winnebago Adventurer, Winnebago Aspect, Winnebago Era, Winnebago Fuse, Winnebago Grand Tour, Winnebago Journey, Winnebago Paseo, Winnebago Tour, model years 2016-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Winnebago Industries, Inc (Winnebago) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Winnebago Era, Travato, Fuse, View, Trend, Aspect, Paseo, Via, Adventurer, Journey, Tour, and Grand Tour motorhomes. These vehicles have an auxiliary solar charging port circuit that is not fused.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If solar panels are connected and they exceed the amperage capacity of the circuit, the unprotected circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will install an inline 15 amp fuse into the auxiliary solar charging port circuit, free of charge. Winnebago issued interim notifications to owners on December 4, 2018. The recall began June 5, 2019.
- 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: “If solar panels are connected and they exceed the amperage capacity of the circuit, the unprotected circuit can increase the risk of a fire.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 18V546 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Winnebago Industries, Inc |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 August 2018 |
| Model years | 2016-2019 |
| Vehicles named | WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER, WINNEBAGO ASPECT, WINNEBAGO ERA, WINNEBAGO FUSE, WINNEBAGO GRAND TOUR, WINNEBAGO JOURNEY, WINNEBAGO PASEO, WINNEBAGO TOUR, WINNEBAGO TRAVATO, WINNEBAGO TREND, WINNEBAGO VIA, WINNEBAGO VIEW |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If solar panels are connected and they exceed the amperage capacity of the circuit, the unprotected circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Winnebago will notify owners, and dealers will install an inline 15 amp fuse into the auxiliary solar charging port circuit, free of charge. Winnebago issued interim notifications to owners on December 4, 2018. The recall began June 5, 2019. Owners may contact Winnebago customer service 1-641-585-6939 or 1-800-537-1885.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Winnebago Adventurer recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Winnebago Aspect recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Winnebago Era recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Winnebago Fuse recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Winnebago Grand Tour recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Winnebago Journey recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Winnebago Tour recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Winnebago Travato recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Winnebago Trend recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Winnebago Via recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Winnebago View recalls: 25 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V546, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v546/
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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- Defect summary
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