Thor Ace, Thor Challenger, Thor Daybreak, Thor Hurricane, Thor Motor Coach Tuscany, Thor Outlaw, model year 2013. Filed by Thor Motor Coach and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2018. 2,854 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2013 Thor Ace, Daybreak, Challenger, Windsport, Hurricane, Outlaw, Tuscany, and Palazzo motorhomes. The windshield wiper system may have been incorrectly installed, causing the wipers to fail during use, reducing driver visibility.
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.
TMC's own number for this recall: RC000161. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V705 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 18V705 cover?
- Thor Ace, Thor Challenger, Thor Daybreak, Thor Hurricane, Thor Motor Coach Tuscany, Thor Outlaw, Thor Palazzo, Thor Windsport, model year 2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2013 Thor Ace, Daybreak, Challenger, Windsport, Hurricane, Outlaw, Tuscany, and Palazzo motorhomes. The windshield wiper system may have been incorrectly installed, causing the wipers to fail during use, reducing driver visibility.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A reduction of driver visibility can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. TMC will notify owners, and dealers will verify that the windshield wiper system is installed correctly, repairing or replacing the wiper system as needed, free of charge. The recall began November 28, 2018. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Tmc calls this recall RC000161, 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: “A reduction of driver visibility can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V705 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Thor Motor Coach |
| System at fault | Visibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 October 2018 |
| Model years | 2013-2013 |
| Vehicles named | THOR ACE, THOR CHALLENGER, THOR DAYBREAK, THOR HURRICANE, THOR MOTOR COACH TUSCANY, THOR OUTLAW, THOR PALAZZO, THOR WINDSPORT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A reduction of driver visibility can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
TMC will notify owners, and dealers will verify that the windshield wiper system is installed correctly, repairing or replacing the wiper system as needed, free of charge. The recall began November 28, 2018. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867. TMC's number for this recall is RC000161.
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 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Thor Daybreak recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Thor Motor Coach Tuscany recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Thor Palazzo recalls: 10 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 18V705, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v705/
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.
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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 18V705 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
61bb2bbf - Consequence
b0ef70ba - 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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