Live NHTSA Data
RV recall lookup
Enter an RV’s year, make and model to see every safety recall on file for it — what can go wrong, what the free fix is — and the complaints other owners have filed. Results come straight from the federal recall database as you search.
Look up an RV
Pick the year, type the make and model, and choose from the suggestions.
Asking NHTSA about the 2023 FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN…
Informational only, not professional advice. This searches by year, make and model, not by VIN, so it cannot confirm that a particular RV is covered by a recall or has been repaired.
Methodology
Source. Every result is requested live from NHTSA’s public recalls and complaints API (api.nhtsa.gov) at the moment you search: recalls by vehicle, complaints by vehicle, and NHTSA’s product list for the suggestions. Your browser asks NHTSA directly. Nothing you enter passes through or is stored by RvCrunch. NHTSA, like any web server, sees the request.
How a match is made. NHTSA ties each recall campaign to the model years, makes and models the manufacturer reported, and returns the campaigns tied to the exact names you entered. Nothing is filtered, ranked or left out here: every campaign and every complaint NHTSA returns is shown, newest first, in NHTSA’s own words.
Brands NHTSA splits across makes. NHTSA files some brands under several makes — “JAYCO”, “JAYCO TRAVEL TRAILER” and “JAYCO FIFTH WHEEL”, or “THOR” and “THOR MOTOR COACH” — and can put a model’s recalls under one and its complaints under another. The 2020 Jayco White Hawk has four recalls under JAYCO and none under JAYCO TRAVEL TRAILER, where its complaints are. So a lookup searches every make NHTSA lists that year that begins with the same brand name, merges the answers, counts each campaign and complaint once, and names the makes it searched.
Warnings and risk tags. “Do not drive” and “Park outside” are NHTSA’s own flags on a campaign. Fire, crash and injury tags are ours: they mark campaigns whose consequence text names that hazard, using the same published keyword rules as the maker ranking. A campaign with no tag still has a safety consequence — read the Risk line.
Complaints. Fire, crash and injury on a complaint are the owner’s own answers on NHTSA’s form. The date shown is the day the complaint was filed, and the date on a recall is the day NHTSA received the manufacturer’s report.
When nothing comes back. An empty answer is only reported as “no recalls on file” when NHTSA lists that make and model for the year, or has complaints for it. If NHTSA does not know the name at all, the result says nothing is filed under that spelling. If NHTSA’s server fails to answer, the page says so and shows no result.
What this lookup cannot tell you
- Whether your RV is included. A campaign usually covers a range of build dates or RVs with a certain part, not the whole model year. Only a VIN check with the maker or a dealer settles it. NHTSA’s own VIN search at nhtsa.gov/recalls covers participating manufacturers only.
- Whether it has been fixed. NHTSA’s data has no repair status for individual vehicles. When buying used, ask the seller for the recall repair paperwork.
- Chassis, tire and appliance recalls. A recall filed by the chassis maker is under the chassis’s name, and can be looked up here that way. When a tire or appliance company recalls its own product as equipment, NHTSA does not tie it to any vehicle model, so it will not appear — only the recalls an RV maker files for the parts it installed do.
- Brands under unrelated names. Makes that share a brand name are searched together, but sister brands with different names are not: Winnebago and Itasca, or Keystone and Dutchmen, are separate lookups.
- Different coverage from the rankings. The rankings on this site are built from a dated snapshot going back to 2016. This lookup is live and goes back as far as NHTSA’s records do, so its counts will not always match a ranking row.
Last reviewed: September 2026
Frequently asked questions
How do I check if my RV has a recall?
Pick the model year, then type the make and model as they appear on the RV's paperwork and choose from the suggestions. The lookup asks NHTSA, the federal agency that runs vehicle recalls, and lists every recall campaign filed for that year, make and model, with the risk and the free fix for each. To confirm whether your own RV is included and still unrepaired, give the maker or a dealer your VIN.
Does this tell me whether my specific RV has an open recall?
No. It searches by year, make and model, not by VIN. A recall often covers only part of a model year — RVs built between certain dates, or fitted with a certain appliance — and NHTSA's data does not say which individual RVs have already been repaired. The maker's customer service line, printed in the Fix text of each recall, can check your VIN against its records.
Why does my motorhome show no recalls when I know the chassis had one?
Recalls are filed under the company responsible for the defect. A motorhome's engine, brakes, steering and frame usually belong to the chassis maker — Ford, Freightliner, Mercedes-Benz, Spartan — so those recalls are filed under the chassis make and model, such as FORD F-53, not under the motorhome's name. Look the chassis up separately using its own model year, which can be a year older than the RV's. Tires and appliances recalled as equipment are not tied to any vehicle model at all.
Why isn't my RV's make or model in the suggestions?
The suggestions come from NHTSA's own product list, which only includes names that already have a recall or a complaint, and it has gaps even then. You can type a name that isn't suggested and look it up anyway. If nothing comes back for a name NHTSA doesn't list, the result says so instead of reporting a clear record, because a different spelling in NHTSA's files looks exactly the same as no recalls.
Guides
- How to Check a Used RV for Recalls Before You BuyA four-step check for a used RV: the model, the chassis and appliances, the one VIN check that settles it, and what the law says about who pays for the fix.
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