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Alfa Travel Trailer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 15 owner complaints across 12 model years of the Alfa Travel Trailer (1980–2003). The most-complained-about year is 1998.

2
safety recalls, all years
15
owner complaints, all years
1980
year with most recalls
1998
year with most complaints

Pick your Alfa Travel Trailer model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2003 Alfa Travel Trailer01
2001 Alfa Travel Trailer11
2000 Alfa Travel Trailer11
1999 Alfa Travel Trailer05
1998 Alfa Travel Trailer05
1997 Alfa Travel Trailer02
1985 Alfa Travel Trailer10
1984 Alfa Travel Trailer10
1983 Alfa Travel Trailer10
1982 Alfa Travel Trailer10
1981 Alfa Travel Trailer10
1980 Alfa Travel Trailer10

What Alfa Travel Trailer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA. The 1998 model year has the most, with 5.

All Alfa Travel Trailer recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Alfa Travel Trailer, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V481000 Reported 13 vehicles potentially affected ALFA LEISURE,INC.

    On certain model 235, 241, 253, 255, and 266 motor homes built on freightliner chassis 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…

    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: 2000, 2001

  2. Trailer hitches

    NHTSA 85V117000 Reported 820 vehicles potentially affected ALFA LEISURE,INC.

    Pinboxes welded to the hitch of the 5th wheel unit may bend under certain conditions where maximum stress is approached or exceeded, causing the kingpin to break. Consequence of defect: if the kingpin breaks free of the pinbox, the trailer could slide off the hitch and damage the towing truck or may separate completely from the towing…

    Remedy: Repair and reinforce pinbox as necessary.

    Model years: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

Other Alfa 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.