Electrical system: wiring: rear compartment/trunk (Winnebago and Itasca)
Vehicle recall 87V-156. NHTSA received WINNEBAGO IND., INC.’s report on Oct 1, 1987.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WINNEBAGO IND., INC.’s report on Oct 1, 1987. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
A FIRE CAN DEVELOP UNDER MOTORHOME FLOOR WHEN ENGINE ISWORKING HARD IN WARM TEMPERATURES.
CERTAIN COMPONENTS WERE INCORRECTLY ASSEMBLED; SUCH AS THE HEAT RESISTANT COVER ON THE WIRING HARNESS, LOCATED ABOVE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE MUFFLERS REAR HEAT SHIELD AND REAR HANGER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: wiring: rear compartment/trunk.
What should you do?
REPLACE COVERING, ADD A HEAT SHIELD, AND REPOSITION MUFFLER HANGER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: WIRING HARNESS/EXHAUST.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CLASS A MOTORHOMES.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 802 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Winnebago WCP37RQand 1986 and 1987, before the model years listed here
- Itasca ICP37RQand 1986 and 1987, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WINNEBAGO IND., INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.