New Horizons Fifth Wheel Trailer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 11 model years of the New Horizons Fifth Wheel Trailer (1997–2007). The most-complained-about year is 2007.

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What New Horizons Fifth Wheel Trailer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 1.

• Tires1
• Wheels1

All New Horizons Fifth Wheel Trailer recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a New Horizons Fifth Wheel Trailer, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 11V140000 Reported March 1, 2011 1 vehicles potentially affected NEW HORIZONS RV CORPORATION

   New horizons is recalling one model year 2005 fifth wheel trailer equipped with a 1200-series norcold refrigerator. The refrigerator being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected in order to prevent a potential fire. The response times of…

   Remedy: New horizons is working with norcold to identify and notify the affected owner. The owner will be instructed to contact a norcold dealer to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049…

   Model years: 2005

2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V281000 Reported June 30, 2008 135 vehicles potentially affected NEW HORIZONS RV CORPORATION

   New horizon is recalling certain 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: New horizon 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: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

3. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V172000 Reported April 11, 2008 327 vehicles potentially affected NEW HORIZONS

   New horizons is recalling 327 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: New horizons will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free…

   Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

4. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V021000 Reported January 16, 2008 77 vehicles potentially affected NEW HORIZONS

   On certain fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with atwood sealed burner ranges, the range and slide-in burner tubes leading from the gas manifold to the burner heads had a depression or "kink" in the exterior bend restricting proper airflow and gas mixture.

   Remedy: New horizons is working with atwood to have the tubes replaced on these ranges (please see 07e030). Owners may contact atwood at 1-800-348-7418 or new horizons at 1-800-235-3140.

   Model years: 2007

Other New Horizons models

• Majestic0 complaints
• Summit0 complaints
• Travel Trailer0 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.