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K-Z New Vision Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 9 owner complaints across 8 model years of the K-Z New Vision (1997–2007). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

4
safety recalls, all years
9
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your K-Z New Vision model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2007 K-Z New Vision10
2006 K-Z New Vision11
2005 K-Z New Vision17
2001 K-Z New Vision10
2000 K-Z New Vision10
1999 K-Z New Vision21
1998 K-Z New Vision10
1997 K-Z New Vision10

What K-Z New Vision owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 7.

All K-Z New Vision recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a K-Z New Vision, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 10V559000 Reported 552 vehicles potentially affected KZRV, L.P.

    Kzrv is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat.

    Remedy: Kzrv is working with dimplex and will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on february 17, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at…

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V330000 Reported 332 vehicles potentially affected KZRV, L.P.

    Kzrv is recalling 332 my 1999-2001 travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerators. A fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak.

    Remedy: Kzrv is working with norcold to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e030). Norcold will provide thermal switch kits to owners along with the necessary forms and instructions. Owners may contact norcold at…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

  3. Structure

    NHTSA 07V145000 Reported 285 vehicles potentially affected KZRV, L.P.

    On certain travel and fifth wheel trailers equipped with hickory springs 'big easy triple steps,' an improper engagement of the bottom step pivot arm with the formed stop edge of the middle step support bracket can result in the bottom step rotating to an unsafe downward angle.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the trailers for the manufacturing date sticker to verify the date of production of the step and, if necessary, will weld stock to each side of the lower (triple) step stop edges. The recall began…

    Model years: 2007

  4. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 02V277006 Reported 245 vehicles potentially affected K.Z. INC.

    Certain fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim with serial numbers between 700000 and 1008700. These refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly leaking from the sealed, pressurized cooling unit through a…

    Remedy: Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement cooling unit free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999

Other K-Z 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.