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Keystone Tail-Gator Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Keystone Tail-Gator (2000–2007). The most-complained-about year is 2004.

6
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2004
year with most complaints

Pick your Keystone Tail-Gator model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2007 Keystone Tail-Gator10
2006 Keystone Tail-Gator40
2005 Keystone Tail-Gator51
2004 Keystone Tail-Gator41
2003 Keystone Tail-Gator30
2002 Keystone Tail-Gator20
2001 Keystone Tail-Gator20
2000 Keystone Tail-Gator20

What Keystone Tail-Gator owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 2004 model year has the most, with 1.

All Keystone Tail-Gator recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Keystone Tail-Gator, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 17V755000 Reported 1,205,997 vehicles potentially affected Keystone RV Company

    Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling various 2003-2018 Crossroads, Dutchmen, and Keystone recreational trailers equipped with Kidde Plastic-Handle or Push Button 'Pindicator' Fire Extinguishers. A list of the affected trailer models is available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17V755-5127.pdf. These extinguishers…

    Remedy: Keystone will notify owners and instruct them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on January 15, 2018. Owners may contact Keystone customer service at 1-574-535-2100,…

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V325000 Reported 161,250 vehicles potentially affected KEYSTONE RV COMPANY

    Keystone is recalling 161,250 my 2004-2007 fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.

    Remedy: Keystone is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge.…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  3. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V134000 Reported 122,162 vehicles potentially affected KEYSTONE RV COMPANY

    Certain fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in certain tubing in the refrigerator which could allow pressurized flammable coolant solution to be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.

    Remedy: Keystone rv will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burner housing and thermal fuses free of charge.…

    Model years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

  4. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 06V192000 Reported 9,486 vehicles potentially affected KEYSTONE RV COMPANY

    On certain recreational vehicles equipped with a 9 volt battery operated carbon monoxide (co) detector, if the battery in the detector goes dead or is removed, the detector will not function and therefore can not warn the occupants if co reaches a harmful level.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a hard wired 12 volt co detectors free of charge. The recall began on june 5, 2006. Owners may contact keystone at 866-425-4369.

    Model years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

  5. Rim (wheels)

    NHTSA 05V424000 Reported 834 vehicles potentially affected KEYSTONE RV COMPANY

    On certain travel trailers and fifth wheel recreational vehicles equipped with tredit 16" chrome wheels, the rims may have poor weld quality and insufficient press fit between the wheel rim and disc.

    Remedy: Keystone is working with tredit tire to notify owners and have the wheels replaced. The recall began on february 15, 2006. Owners may contact keystone at 866-425-4369.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  6. Furnace (equipment)

    NHTSA 05V076000 Reported 2,168 vehicles potentially affected KEYSTONE RV COMPANY

    On certain travel trailers and fifth wheel recreational vehicles, during production it was discovered that the furnace may not be secured and the gasket that seals the furnace to the floor duct system may be missing.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and install the furnace correctly, securing it to the floor and adding the missing gasket free of charge. The recall began on march 14, 2005. Owners may contact keystone at 1-866-425-4369.

    Model years: 2005

Other Keystone 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.