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Airstream Safari Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Airstream Safari (1997–2009). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

5
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
2004
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your Airstream Safari model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2009 Airstream Safari10
2008 Airstream Safari10
2007 Airstream Safari21
2006 Airstream Safari20
2005 Airstream Safari32
2004 Airstream Safari50
2003 Airstream Safari30
2002 Airstream Safari20
2001 Airstream Safari10
2000 Airstream Safari10
1999 Airstream Safari10
1998 Airstream Safari10
1997 Airstream Safari10

What Airstream Safari owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 2.

All Airstream Safari recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Airstream Safari, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 09V159000 Reported 2,052 vehicles potentially affected AIRSTREAM, INC.

    Airstream is recalling 2,052 my 2002-2009 bambi, international, safari, 75th anniversary, dwr, and ocean breeze travel trailers for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." the travel trailers were built without rear reflex reflectors.

    Remedy: Airstream will send dealers separate reflectors to the affected customers and dealers along with instructions for proper installation. Customers will have the option of installing the reflectors or taking the travel…

    Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V367000 Reported 4,450 vehicles potentially affected AIRSTREAM, INC.

    Airstream is recalling 4,450 my 2004-2007 safari, international, interstate, land yacht, classic, my 2004-2006 skydeck, and my 2006 parkway travel trailers and motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution…

    Remedy: Airstream is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge.…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  3. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V083000 Reported 5,084 vehicles potentially affected AIRSTREAM, INC.

    Certain travel trailers and motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.

    Remedy: Airstream will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

  4. Wheel bearing (suspension)

    NHTSA 04V506000 Reported 929 vehicles potentially affected AIRSTREAM, INC.

    On certain motorhomes, the outer wheel bearing in the hub of the axle may fail, leading to unexpected separation of the wheel from the axle. This failure may be due to an inadequate amount of grease in the hub assembly or the grease in the hub may break down under normal operating conditions into a liquid that inadequately lubricates…

    Remedy: Dealers will repair the unit and remove the wheels, inspect the hubs, inner and outer bearings, races and grease seals. If necessary, replace parts and repack the wheel bearing with high temperature grease and…

    Model years: 2004, 2005

  5. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V464000 Reported 3,340 vehicles potentially affected AIRSTREAM, INC.

    On certain travel trailers equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these ovens were produced with a defective panel. An electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel, especially overlapped by a "jumper" or jump wire. This may cause the oven to activate without pressing any key pads.

    Remedy: Samsung will notify customers and repair the panel free of charge. In the meantime, consumers should unplug their microwave, if possible. If the consumer is unable to unplug the microwave, they should leave the door…

    Model years: 2003, 2004

Other Airstream models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.