NHTSA Campaign 15V499000
STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
NHTSA campaign 15V499000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the structure: emergency: escape/egress/exit. The repair is free.
Keystone RV Company filed the report for 15V499000 with NHTSA on August 10, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V499000, NHTSA lists up to 405 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 6, 2013 and April 24, 2014.
The 15V499000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V499000 were scheduled from August 17, 2015, 7 days after the report.
15V499000 covers 2 models from Keystone, model years 2015–2016.
Owners of the model years 15V499000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V499000 vehicles, the 2015 Keystone Alpine has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V499000 ranks 60 of 123 Keystone RV Company recalls on this site.
Besides 15V499000, Keystone RV Company has 19 other recalls on the structure on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Keystone Avalanche recreational vehicles, model 355RK, manufactured from May 6, 2013, through April 24, 2014; model year 2015-2016 Keystone Alpine, models 3100RL, 3101RL, 3555RL, 3556RL, 3590RS, 3591RS, 3600RS, 3601RS, and 3730RS, manufactured from October 8, 2014, through July 28, 2015; and model year 2016 Keystone Laredo, models 325RL, 350FB, and 355RL, manufactured from July 13, 2015, through July 21, 2015. The affected vehicles may be equipped with a rear window that has a sticker labeling it as an emergency exit sticker. However, this window may be partially blocked by the rear ladder and was not intended to be a secondary emergency exit.
- The risk
- In the event of an emergency, occupants could try to escape through the rear window, but would not be able to. This delay in their escape may increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Keystone has notified owners, and dealers will remove the emergency exit sticker, free of charge. The recall began on August 17, 2015. Owners may contact Keystone customer service at 1-866-425-4369. Keystone's number for this recall is 15-233.
Reported August 10, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V499000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V499000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 10, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted