Featherlite 8500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Featherlite 8500 (2000–2003).

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• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003

All Featherlite 8500 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Featherlite 8500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 03V462000 Reported November 6, 2003 498 vehicles potentially affected FEATHERLITE, 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: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Other Featherlite models

• Trailer6 complaints
• 16303 complaints
• 10752 complaints
• 16201 complaints
• 31101 complaints
• 49611 complaints
• 50001 complaints
• 81201 complaints

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.