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Coachmen Sportscoach Elite Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Coachmen Sportscoach Elite (2004–2008). The most-complained-about year is 2007.

7
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
2007
year with most recalls
2007
year with most complaints

Pick your Coachmen Sportscoach Elite model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2008 Coachmen Sportscoach Elite30
2007 Coachmen Sportscoach Elite42
2006 Coachmen Sportscoach Elite20
2005 Coachmen Sportscoach Elite30
2004 Coachmen Sportscoach Elite10

What Coachmen Sportscoach Elite owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 2.

All Coachmen Sportscoach Elite recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Coachmen Sportscoach Elite, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 11V066000 Reported 740 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    Coachmen is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 chaparral, model year 2004-2006 somerset, model year 2007-2008 wyoming, model year 2004-2005 santara, and model year 2004-2006 sportscoach elite motor homes and fifth wheel trailers manufactured from october 2003, through september 2007. These vehicles are equipped with dimplex…

    Remedy: Coachmen is working with dimplex to identify and notify any affected owners. Dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on february 21, 2011. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V639000 Reported 13,662 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    Coachmen is recalling 13,662 my 2002-2008 motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with glass shower doors and manufactured from june 15, 2001 thorugh august 6, 2007. When pressure is applied to the towel bar on the glass shower door, the edge of the bar may contact the glass.

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with new mounting hardware for the towel bar and installation instructions. If an owner is not comfortable replacing the hardware themselves, a dealer will install the hardware at no cost to…

    Model years: 2007, 2008

  3. Suspension

    NHTSA 08V540000 Reported 34 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    Coachmen is recalling 34 my 2008 sportscoach elite, sportscoach legend, and sportscoach pathfinder motor homes equipped with saf-holland adl series rear suspensions. In some instances the transverse beam was not properly welded which could result in a failure of the weld.

    Remedy: Coachmen is working with daimler trucks and saf-holland to have a visual inspection of the adl transverse beam performed. If a weld defect is identified, saf-holland will provide a service replacement kit that contains…

    Model years: 2008

  4. Hydraulic power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 08V193000 Reported 961 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    Coachmen is recalling 961 my 2005-2007 cross country, sportscoach elite, my 2005-2006 cross country se, and my 2006 sportscoach encore class a motor homes built using inline power steering filters, part no. 14-16829-000. The filter can plug due to failure of the screen adhesion to the filter housing causing a rise in return line…

    Remedy: Coachmen is working with freightliner to replace the affected filters with a larger filter (please see 07v570). Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712 or coachmen at 1-574-825-5821.

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007

  5. Shaft pitman (steering)

    NHTSA 08V019000 Reported 116 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    On certain class a motor homes built on freightliner chassis and equipped with zf model 8018 steering gears, these gears may have been assembled with the incorrect recirculating ball spacer. This could potentially allow the recirculating balls to escape from the recirculating ball circuit resulting in a loss of steering.

    Remedy: Coachmen is working with freightliner and zf to replace the steering gear (please see 07v343 and 07e049). Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712 or coachmen at 1-800-453-6064.

    Model years: 2007, 2008

  6. Diesel (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 07V341000 Reported 49 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    On certain motor homes built with cummins isl cm850 diesel engines, the connecting rod contains a machining defect in the wrist pin bushing of the rod that could cause a seizure of the piston pin.

    Remedy: Coachmen is working with cummins to recalibrate the engine control module and enhance the engine protection system enabling it to provide early detection of the failure mode and avoid more serious engine damage and…

    Model years: 2007

  7. Electrical system

    NHTSA 05V294000 Reported 135 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    On certain rear diesel motor homes containing a 50 amp transfer switch built by intellitec, the material used for the wire lugs was changed from nickel plated to copper lugs. The copper lugs are softer than the nickel plated and do not retain the torque of the screw that clamps the wire connector.

    Remedy: Coachmen will be working with intellitec to notify owners and have the repair performed on their vehicles. The recall began on july 14, 2005. Owners may contact coachmen at 1-574-825-1174.

    Model years: 2005

Other Coachmen 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.