SUMMARY:

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Awnings Can Unfurl Out Unexpectedly on some Tiffin Breeze and Tiffin Allegro Rv's

Report Receipt Date: MAY 07, 2013 
NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V178000 
Component(s): EQUIPMENT 
Potential Number of Units Affected: 293 
Manufacturer: Tiffin Motorhomes

SUMMARY:

Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain model year 2013 Breeze and Allegro motorhomes. If the awning installation sequence was not completely followed, the awning motor may unknowingly become damaged.

CONSEQUENCE:

If motor damage has occurred, it is possible that the awning can unfurl unexpectedly, either while the motorhome is at rest or while in transit, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.

Vehicle Make / Model:		Model Year(s):
TIFFIN ALLEGRO BUS		2010-2013
Manufacturer: Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.		Report Receipt Date: OCT 31, 2012
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 12V526000		NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
 Potential Number of Units Affected: 847

2013 Tiffin Allegro Recall for Fire Danger

Summary:
Tiffin Motorhomes is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Allegro Bus motorcoaches, manufactured from March 2010, through September 2012 and equipped with a Cummins EPA 2010 ISL engine. Insufficient shielding between the exhaust pipe and floor may cause possible overheating of the floor above the engine compartment.

Consequence:
If the exhaust pipe in the engine compartment were to fail, the escaping exhaust gases could make the floor area above the engine extremely hot, increasing the risk of personal injury or possibly resulting in a fire.

Vehicle Make / Model: Model Year(s):


TIFFIN ALLEGRO 2006-2010
TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY 2006-2010

Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC. Mfr's Report Date: JUN 15, 2012

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 12V327000 NHTSA Action Number: PE12004
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Potential Number of Units Affected: 1,304

Summary:
TIFFIN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2010 ALLEGRO AND ALLEGRO BAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BOSCH HYDRAULIC BRAKES. HYDRAULIC BRAKE EQUIPPED MOTORHOME CHASSIS EXPOSED TO LONG PERIODS OF TIME OF NON-DRIVING MAY EXPERIENCE DIAMETRICAL BRAKE CALIPER PISTON GROWTH AND REDUCED PISTON TO BORE CLEARANCE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO BRAKE DRAG AND OVERHEATING RESULTING IN REDUCED BRAKE PERFORMANCE.

Consequence:
REDUCED BRAKE PERFORMANCE MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy:
TIFFIN WILL NOTIFY THE OWNERS, AND AUTHORIZED DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA (DTNA) DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, AS NECESSARY, REPLACE THE BRAKE CALIPERS

Vehicle Make / Model:		Model Year(s):
TIFFIN ALLEGRO		2010-2012
Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC.		Mfr's Report Date: MAR 15, 2012
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 12V215000		NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) Potential Number of Units Affected: 1,250

Summary:
TIFFIN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 THROUGH 2012 ALLEGRO MOTORHOMES BUILT ON FORD F-53 AND F-59 STRIPPED CHASSIS. THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE MAY BREAK AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SELECTOR ARM ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON THE STEERING COLUMN. IF THE CABLE BREAKS, THE TRANSMISSION GEAR INDICATOR IN THE GEAR SHIFT DISPLAY IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL REMAIN IN THE FIRST GEAR POSITION REGARDLESS OF THE GEAR SELECTED. 


Consequence:
AN INCORRECT GEAR INDICATION IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MAY PREVENT THE DRIVER FROM KNOWING IF THEY ARE IN PARK OR REVERSE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy:
TIFFIN IS WORKING WITH FORD TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED MOTORHOMES. FORD WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR ARM ASSEMBLY AND THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY

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Vehicle Make / Model: Model Year(s): TIFFIN ALLEGRO 2011 TIFFIN PHAETON 2011 Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC. Mfr's Report Date: NOV 02, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V547000 N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Potential Number of Units Affected: 279

Summary: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC. (TIFFIN) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 ALLEGRO AND PHAETON RECREATIONAL VEHICLES BUILT ON FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH A CUMMINS ISC, ISX, ISM, OR ISL DIESEL ENGINE. THE V-BAND CLAMP ASSEMBLY, PART NUMBERS Q187684, Q187685, AND Q187686, USED TO CONNECT THE INLET AND OUTLET CONE SECTIONS TO THE DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST (DOC)/DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF) INCLUDE A T-BOLT WHICH CAN FRACTURE AND FAIL WHEN SUBJECTED TO STRESS OR LOAD. A FRACTURE OR FAILURE OF THE T-BOLT MAY CAUSE THE CLAMP TO LOOSEN AND THE INLET OR OUTLET SECTIONS ATTACHED TO THE DOC/DPF HOUSING TO DISCONNECT.

Consequence: IF THE INLET OR OUTLET SECTIONS DISCONNECT, HOT EXHAUST GASES CAN VENT PRIOR TO EXITING THE TAILPIPE, CREATING THE RISK OF COMBUSTION AND A FIRE. IF BOTH CLAMPS FAIL, THERE IS A RISK IN SOME APPLICATIONS THAT THE DOC/DPF HOUSING MAY DETACH COMPLETELY, CREATING A ROAD HAZARD.

Remedy: TIFFIN IS WORKING WITH CUMMINS TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS If you own a lemon Tiffin Phaeton or a lemon Tiffin Allegro and your dealer isn't helping you and the factory isn't helping you either, call us on our Toll Free Tiffin Lemon RV Hotline at 1.888.331.6422 right now for free lemon law help. Getting rid of lemon Tiffin Rv's is what we do. Getting your money back is only fair. And making the factory pay for the attorney fees to get it done - well, that's only fair too. Burdge Law Office www.RvLemonLaw.com Because life is too short to own a lemon Rv

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Vehicle Make / Model:		Model Year(s):
TIFFIN ALLEGRO		2010
TIFFIN BUS		2008-2010
TIFFIN PHAETON		2007-2011
Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC.		Mfr's Report Date: AUG 24, 2011
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V452000		N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Potential Number of Units Affected: 1,960
Summary:
TIFFIN MOTORHOMES IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2011 PHAETON, MY 2008-2010 BUS, AND MY 2010 ALLEGRO MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDALS. THE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ARM MAY LOOSEN ALLOWING THE ARM TO ROTATE AROUND ITS SHAFT AND SWING IN FRONT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, REDUCING BRAKING FUNCTION.
Consequence:
A LOOSE BRAKE PEDAL INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy:
DAMILER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS PERFORMING RECALL REPAIRS AND NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS. THE OWNERS WERE INITIALLY NOTIFIED BY DTNA TRUCKS ON DECEMBER 22, 2009, AND A FOLLOW UP NOTICE WAS MAILED TO OWNERS ON JULY 20, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA WARRANTY CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-547-0712 OR TIFFIN MOTORHOMES AT 1-256-356-8661 

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Vehicle Make / Model:     Model Year(s):      TIFFIN ALLEGRO     2006-2010      TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY     2006-2010 Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC. Mfr's Report Date: JUN 14, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 11V327000 PE10007 NHTSA Action Number: PE10007

Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

Potential Number of Units Affected: 1,309

Summary: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2010, ALLEGRO AND ALLEGRO BAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 2005, THROUGH APRIL 2010, AND BUILT ON A DAIMLER/FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY BE INTERMITTENT DURING LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATIONS.

Consequence: THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY NOT ILLUMINATE CONSISTENTLY UPON BRAKE APPLICATION AND FAIL TO PROPERLY INDICATE TO A FOLLOWING VEHICLE THAT THE MOTORHOME HAS SLOWED OR COME TO A STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: DAIMLER TRUCKS (DTNA), MANUFACTURER OF THE CHASSIS, WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DTNA DEALERSHIP.

2004 TIFFIN ALLEGRO

Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC.
Mfr's Report Date: DEC 16, 2009
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 09V496000
N/ANHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Potential Number of Units Affected: 486

Summary: TIFFIN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2009 MOTORHOME POWERGLIDE CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLIES P/NOS. 6562618, 6565118, 77025-001, 77025-002, 77025-501, 77050-004, SUPPLIED BY KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE. SOME ASSEMBLIES COULD CONTAIN A DRIVE PIN THAT IS BELOW SPECIFICATION AND MAY BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE BRAKE ARM CAUSING SEPARATION OR LOOSENING OF THE PEDAL FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE ASSEMBLY.

Consequence: IF THE DRIVE PIN BECOMES DISENGAGED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY, IT COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE BRAKING FUNCTION AND/OR CAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL TO INTERFERE WITH THE THROTTLE PEDAL FUNCTION. EITHER CONDITION COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy: TIFFIN IS WORKING WITH KONGSBERG TO REMEDY THESE MOTORHOMES. PLEASE SEE KONGSBERG'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-064. KONGSBERG WILL SUPPLY KITS TO TIFFIN. THE REMEDY WILL BE PERFORMED BY TIFFIN.

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2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BUS
2009 Tiffin Allegro Bus

Manufacturer: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC.
Mfr's Report Date: APR 15, 2009
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 09V127000
N/ANHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
Potential Number of Units Affected: 329

Summary: TIFFIN IS RECALLING 329 Model Year 2008-2009 ALLEGRO BUSES. THE REAR AXLE ABS MODULATING VALVE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE WIRED INCORRECTLY. THE RIGHT AND LEFT MODULATOR VALVE HARNESS PIN COULD POSSIBLY BE REVERSED AT THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) CONNECTOR.

Consequence: UNDER SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN IN THE ABS MODE, THIS WIRING PROBLEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK WHILE CAUSING LITTLE OR NO BRAKING EFFORT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THIS MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE REVERSED PINS FROM THE ECU CONNECTOR AND INSERT THEM BACK INTO THEIR CORRECT POSITION

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Tiffin is recalling 1,292 Model Year 2005 and 2006 and 2007 and 2008 Allegro motor homes built on Freightliner chassis and equipped with ZF Model 8018 steering gears.

These gears may have been assembled with the incorrect recirculating ball spacer. This could potentially allow the recirculating balls to escape from the recirculating ball circuit resulting in a loss of steering.

The operator may notice higher required steering wheel inputs, or the need for more steering wheel adjustments while driving in a straight line in combination with metallic cracking noises prior to a loss of steering. Loss of steering could result in a vehicle crash.

Tiffin is working with Freightliner and ZF to replace the steering gear (please see 07V343 and 07E049). This recall was the subject of an Equipment Query, EA07-004, conducted by the Office of Defects Investigation. 08V-027.

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