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Forest River recalls trailers: Cooktop flame may invert, fire danger

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Salem and Wildwood recreational trailers. The flame on the cooktop may become inverted, due to...

RV and RV-related recalls for September 2020

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
Here is our monthly summary of RV recalls for September 2020 and related equipment we feel are of interest to our readers. This information...

Newmar recalls some motorhomes for tire stem danger

Chuck Woodbury -
Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling more than 350 model year 2021 Canyon Star and 2018-2019 Ventana motorhomes built on chassis supplied by Daimler Trucks...

Video: Acrobatic elk somersaults on cue

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris When the hormones are strong, seems like guys of every species sometimes forget common sense. Acrobatic elk are no...

Hundreds of thousands of Ford pickups recalled

Chuck Woodbury -
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling 620,246 model year 2020 Ford F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 trucks. The trucks are commonly used to...

Escapees RV Club raising member dues

Chuck Woodbury -
The Escapees RV Club is raising its dues from $39.95 a year to $49.95 a year beginning November 1. "Since 1978 we have worked hard...

Bronco Sport. Too bad for RVers, it can’t be flat-towed

Chuck Woodbury -
The Ford Bronco Sport has a tough job. It needs to live up to its Bronco nameplate, and be the most off-road capable crossover...

Forest River recalls some motorhomes on Daimler Trucks chassis

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Legacy and 2018-2021 Berkshire motorhomes built on a Daimler Trucks...

Forest River recalls some trailers. Break-away safety switch may fail

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling 4,397 model year 2018-2021 Wildwood, Salem, and 2020 Sonoma travel trailers. The break-away safety switch may not...

Get your free 2021 RV Model Year Guide

Chuck Woodbury -
Every year about this time, the RV Industry hosts an open house in Elkhart, Indiana, the RV Capital of the World. About 85% of...

The Airstream Nest failure: A closer look

Keith Ward -
By Keith Ward The Airstream Nest stood out immediately from the rest of the Airstream RV lineup in that it was a fiberglass travel trailer....

Sales of new RVs continue to soar

Chuck Woodbury -
There seems to be no end to American's new appetite for RV travel. RVs are flying off RV dealers' sales lots faster than they...

Thor recalls some 2018-21 motorhomes for tire failure risk

Chuck Woodbury -
Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling more than 1,600 model year 2018-2021 Aria, Palazzo, Tuscany, and Venetian motorhomes built on a Daimler Trucks (DTNA)...

Dream work camper job! Drive RV around the USA, drink beer and make $50,000 for 6 months’ work

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Do you like beer? Would you mind driving around in a company-provided camper van, visiting national parks, doing a...

Pleasure Way recalls some motorhomes for fire risk

Chuck Woodbury -
Pleasure Way Industries Ltd. (Pleasure Way) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Tofino motorhomes. The electronic control center circuit board may be damaged from voltages over...

Young architect builds RV with essential amenities for $1,400

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris A 23-year-old recently graduated architecture student from Tamil Nadu, India, has hit the news. Dismayed at how much poor...

Jayco recalls thousands of motorhomes for crash danger

Chuck Woodbury -
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling more than 4,000 model year 2016-2018 Jayco Seneca, 2016-2019 Jayco Greyhawk, 2016 and 2018-2019 Jayco Redhawk, 2017 Jayco Envoy...

Daimler – Mercedes RV emissions cheat reaches settlement

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris In a déjà-vu moment, the federal government has again come down on an automaker for big-time cheating on emissions...

Airstream Nest production halted

Keith Ward -
By Keith Ward Airstream has decided that it doesn’t like fiberglass RVs after all, killing production on their Airstream Nest travel trailer after just a...

Jayco recalls some Sprinter motorhomes. Seat and airbags issue

Chuck Woodbury -
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Jayco Melbourne, Melbourne Prestige and Entegra Qwest motorhomes built on Sprinter chassis and equipped with swivel seats....

Big recall on Grand Design 5th wheels: LP supply line could catch fire

Chuck Woodbury -
Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling 8,161 model year 2017-2021 Solitude fifth wheel trailers. The liquid propane (LP) supply line that runs...

Jayco recalls some Entegra and Embark motorhomes

Chuck Woodbury -
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Entegra Reatta and Jayco Embark and 2020 Entegra Reatta XL motorhomes. The electronic control center circuit board...

Forest River recalls some motorhomes for inverter issue

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Berkshire BEA40C-380, BEA40E-380, BEA45A-450, and BEA45CA-450 motorhomes equipped with 3000W inverters. These inverters supply too...

Keystone RV recalls trailers for wrong window crank handle

Chuck Woodbury -
Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Dutchmen Yukon 399ML, 400RL and 410RD travel trailers. The bedroom egress window has a black round...

National Forests closed throughout California

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris All of California’s U.S. National Forests closed in an unprecedented move toward safety. Earlier, eight of the Golden State...

Newmar RV recalling motorhomes for instrument panel defect

Chuck Woodbury -
Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Essex and New Aire, 2019 Dutch Star, London Aire, Mountain Aire, and Ventana motorhomes. The instrument panel...

Keystone RV recalls some Fuzion, Impact trailers for wrong bolts

Chuck Woodbury -
Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain 2021 Fuzion travel trailers (models 357, 369, 373, 379, 419, 424, 427, 429 and 430) and 2021...

Motorhome engines to cost more in Calif. Sign of the future?

Chuck Woodbury -
Motorhomes with diesel engines to see biggest increase in costs The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a staff recommendation to adopt the so-called...

Heartland RV recalls some trailers. Landing legs could collapse

Chuck Woodbury -
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland RV) is recalling 1,168 model year 2019-2021 Cyclone and 2020-2021 Bighorn Traveler travel trailers. Due to insufficient bracing, the...

RV and RV-related recalls for August 2020

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
Here is our monthly summary of RV recalls for August 2020 and related equipment we feel are of interest to our readers. This information...

Tornadoes and RVs: Motorhomer dies in South Dakota

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Tornadoes and RVs don’t mix. This sad reminder comes from Miller, South Dakota, where an affable 73-year old motorhome...

Thor recalls 2,061 motorhomes for fire risk

Chuck Woodbury -
Thor Motor Coach (Thor) is recalling 2,061 model year 2019-2021 Hurricane and Windsport motorhomes, models 27B, 29M, 32T, 33X, 34J, 34R and 35M. The...

New TV commercial promotes RVing. What do you think?

Chuck Woodbury -
This is how the RV Industry Association (RVIA) is promoting RV sales. It's evident from the commercial that the market it's targeting is young,...

Recall: Tread on common pickup truck tires may separate

Chuck Woodbury -
Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber (Shaanxi) is recalling all Duraturn Travia A/T tires, sizes LT225/75R16, LT235/75R15, LT235/80R17, LT235/85R16, LT245/75R16, LT245/75R17, LT265/70R17, LT265/75R16, LT285/70R17, LT285/75R16...

Ford Bronco, Land Rover Defender soon ready for off-road mini-RVing

James Raia -
James Raia GehoCab has expanded its expertise in off-road motorhome conversion in the Volkswagen Amarok into a far larger market. The German-based company has announced it's...

The pandemic: The bad news, the good news, and the feel-good news

Nanci Dixon -
By Nanci Dixon Do you want the bad news or the good news first? Let's start with the bad news to get it out of...

Does Utah law penalize motorhome owners? Is your state next?

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Some Utah motorhome owners have been priced off the road. How? A law that came into effect last year...

Forest River motorhomes recalled. Exterior lights could fail

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling 1,104 model year 2017-2018 Charleston, 2017-2019 Legacy, 2017-2020 Berkshire, 2017 Coachmen Cross Country, and 2017-2020 Sportscoach motorhomes...

Wildfires force closure of some California State Parks

Chuck Woodbury -
California State Parks is closing campgrounds in all Santa Cruz and San Mateo County state parks and beaches due to the ongoing CZU August...

Heartland RV recalling some Mallard travel trailers

Chuck Woodbury -
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2021 Mallard travel trailers. The liquid propane (LP) hose and connector may contact the suspension shackle....

July RV shipments set a new record

Chuck Woodbury -
RVing continues to be red hot, with dealers reporting record sales. Posting the highest July shipment numbers in four decades, the RV Industry Association's monthly survey...

Forest River motorhome recall: Fresh water tank may detach

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Salem and Wildwood motorhomes. The fresh water tank may not be properly secured to the...

Winnebago recalls some 2021 Revel motorhomes

Chuck Woodbury -
Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) is recalling certain 2021 Revel motorhomes. These motorhomes have an auxiliary alternator belt that may wear and detach. If the...

Forest River recalls some Sprinter motorhomes. Swivel seats could malfunction.

Chuck Woodbury -
Forest River, Inc. (Forest) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Forest River Forester, Sunseeker, Dynamax Isata and Coachmen Galleria and Prism motorhomes built on Sprinter Van...

More than 58,000 Ram trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokees recalled

Chuck Woodbury -
Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling more than 58,000 model year 2014-2018 Ram 1500 pickup trucks and 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with...

Giant wooden spool attacks pickup truck then disappears

James Raia -
By James Raia It's the stuff of make-believe and fairy tales. But when Jeff Smith looked at his smashed 2012 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and...

Jayco recalls some Sprinter-based motorhomes

Chuck Woodbury -
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Jayco Melbourne, Melbourne Prestige and Entegra Qwest motorhomes built on Sprinter chassis and equipped with swivel seats....

Nikola taking orders for Badger pickup; adds garbage truck to its electric truck fleet

James Raia -
By James Raia Startup truck maker Nikola hopes to challenge Tesla for electric vehicle prominence. It gained further momentum recently in a unique but welcoming...

Wrong seat pedestal bolts installed in some Thor Class C motorhomes

Chuck Woodbury -
Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain model year 2020-2021 Daybreak 23DB, 2018-2021 Four Winds 23U, and 2018-2021 Chateau 23U motorhomes. Bolts of the...

Some Pace Arrow motorhomes recalled for battery issue

Chuck Woodbury -
REV Recreation Group (REV) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Fleetwood Pace Arrow motorhomes, models 33D, 36U, 35QS, 35S, 35RB and 35E. The auxiliary batteries, located...
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