Featherlite H3-45S2 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Featherlite H3-45S2 (1998–2004).

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All Featherlite H3-45S2 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Featherlite H3-45S2, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 04V248000 Reported May 25, 2004 26 vehicles potentially affected FEATHERLITE, INC.

   Certain coaches were equipped with sandy tv lifts.

   Remedy: Dealers will re-program the programmable logic controller (plc) program with a specific run time limit which will shut down the motor if the run time limit is exceeded. Further, thermal overload protection will be…

   Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

2. 12v/24v/48v battery (electrical system)

   NHTSA 01V033002 Reported February 7, 2001 35 vehicles potentially affected FEATHERLITE, INC.

   Vehicle description: recreational vehicles equipped with vanner 60 series battery equalizers. The equalizer could fail to operate properly and cause malfunction of the battery charging system.

   Remedy: Featherlite will notify owners to inspect their buses for certain equalizers by the date code. The affected equalizers will be replaced. Owner notification began february 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an…

   Model years: 1998, 1999

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.