Thor Motor Coach Chateau, Thor Motor Coach Daybreak, Thor Motor Coach Four Winds, model years 2018 to 2021. Filed by Thor Motor Coach and reported to NHTSA on 5 August 2020. 248 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Daybreak 23DB, 2018-2021 Four Winds 23U, and 2018-2021 Chateau 23U motorhomes. Bolts of the wrong size were used to secure the barrel chair pedestals, allowing the pedestal to separate from the floor in the event of a crash. As such, these motorhomes fail to comply …
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TMC's own number for this recall: RC000202. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V458 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 20V458 cover?
- Thor Motor Coach Chateau, Thor Motor Coach Daybreak, Thor Motor Coach Four Winds, model years 2018-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Daybreak 23DB, 2018-2021 Four Winds 23U, and 2018-2021 Chateau 23U motorhomes. Bolts of the wrong size were used to secure the barrel chair pedestals, allowing the pedestal to separate from the floor in the event of a crash.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the pedestal were to separate from the floor during a crash, the seat belt anchorages may fail, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. TMC will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the pedestal bolt size, correcting the hardware as necessary, free of charge. This recall began September 14, 2020. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867. TMC's number for this recall is RC000202.
- 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 RC000202, 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 pedestal were to separate from the floor during a crash, the seat belt anchorages may fail, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V458 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Thor Motor Coach |
| System at fault | Seat Belts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 August 2020 |
| Model years | 2018-2021 |
| Vehicles named | THOR MOTOR COACH CHATEAU, THOR MOTOR COACH DAYBREAK, THOR MOTOR COACH FOUR WINDS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the pedestal were to separate from the floor during a crash, the seat belt anchorages may fail, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
TMC will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the pedestal bolt size, correcting the hardware as necessary, free of charge. This recall began September 14, 2020. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867. TMC's number for this recall is RC000202.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Thor Motor Coach Chateau recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Thor Motor Coach Daybreak recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Thor Motor Coach Four Winds recalls: 30 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 20V458, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v458/
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 20V458 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d2008315 - Consequence
4376971a - 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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