1999 Newell Motor Home
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
4 recalls name the 1999 Newell Motor Home. Newest first.
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle TS6 tag axles. hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana ifs suspensions. one of the four studs used to attach the spindle to the front suspension wishbones has broken.
Risk and remedy
Risk
If two studs break, the spindle IS no longer attached to the a-frame and the suspension could then collapse, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will replace all studs and nuts, using longer studs.
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana steering relay levers. the levers can develop surface cracking.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This cracking condition could cause a portion of the steering lever to break off, possibly causing loss of steering control.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the steering relay levers.
Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana suspensions. a machining operation was omitted from the suspension pivot arm.
Risk and remedy
Risk
The downward suspension travel will be restricted and an interference can occur between the pivot arm and the upper wishbone. if left unattended, it can result in deformation and cracking of the upper wishbone casting.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the upper wishbones that have any signs of metal to metal contact and all pivot arms will need to be modified whether or not they show signs of metal contact.
Owner complaints
1 complaints
Latest complaints
- Power train
Consumer have a problem regarding the speedometer installed on the motor home which IS unreadable while driving in daylight and the same at night.*et
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