NHTSA Recall 06V142000
NHTSA Campaign Id 06V142000; Date: Apr. 28, 2006
At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.
Recalled Vehicles:
2003 Tiffin Allegro; 2004 Tiffin Allegro; 2005 Tiffin Allegro; 2003 Tiffin Allegro Bay; 2004 Tiffin Allegro Bay; 2005 Tiffin Allegro Bay
Component: Electrical System
Manufactured by: Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
Affected Units:: 1,594
Recall Summary:
Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 101, controls and displays, and no. 105, hydraulic and electric brake systems. If the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1. 5v, the brake failure lamp and alarm will be activated. Also activation of the abs telltale when the abs is not properly functioning does not always occur.
How to Fix:
Tiffin is working with workhorse to contact the owners and remedy this campaign . Workhorse will reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. Owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731 or tiffin at 1-256-356-0205.
Recall Notes:
Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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