Warn Vr Evo Winch, model year 9999. Filed by Warn Industries, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 23 December 2022. 121,187 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Warn Industries, Inc. (WARN) is recalling the Wireless/Handheld Remote sold with certain VR EVO 8, VR EVO 8-S, VR EVO 10, VR EVO 10-S, VR EVO 12, VR EVO 12-S winches, and Remote Service Part. Please see the recall report for a list of all affected winch part numbers. Water may enter the handheld remote control for the …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 22E101 cover?
- Warn VR Evo Winch.
- What is wrong with them?
- Warn Industries, Inc. (WARN) is recalling the Wireless/Handheld Remote sold with certain VR EVO 8, VR EVO 8-S, VR EVO 10, VR EVO 10-S, VR EVO 12, VR EVO 12-S winches, and Remote Service Part. Please see the recall report for a list of all affected winch part numbers.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. As an interim action, WARN will provide owners with instructions to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery pack from the remote.
- 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: “A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 22E101 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | WARN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 December 2022 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | WARN VR EVO WINCH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
As an interim action, WARN will provide owners with instructions to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery pack from the remote. If corrosion or water intrusion is found when removing the battery pack, Owners should stop using the remote and contact WARN customer service for a replacement remote free of charge. Once parts are available, WARN will make a replacement water resistant Remote available to affected customers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 11, 2023. Owners may contact WARN customer service at 1-800-543-9276.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 22E101, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22e101/
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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