Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer (Lippert)
Vehicle equipment recall 15E-078. NHTSA received Lippert Components, Inc.’s report on Sep 24, 2015.
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NHTSA received Lippert Components, Inc.’s report on Sep 24, 2015. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Unstable entry and exit steps increase the risk of injury.
Lippert Components, Inc.
(Lippert) is recalling certain Coachstep Double and Triple Electric Steps manufactured May 25, 2007, to December 18, 2014.
The bolt that attaches the fan gear assembly to the steps may fracture allowing the fan gear to disengage from the steps.
As a result, the steps may not remain in the expected position and may be unstable.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer.
What should you do?
Dealers will install a retainer bracket on the double step assemblies and the Coachstep Linkage Assembly will be replaced and a retainer bracket will be installed on the trip step assemblies. The recall began on February 5, 2016. Owners may contact Lippert customer service number at 1-574-537-8900. Lippert’s number for this recall is LCI-SCS-091815.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 47,340 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Lippert Coachstep Electric StepBuilt from May 25, 2007 to Dec 18, 2014
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Lippert Components, Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.