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Newmar American Star Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 5 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Newmar American Star (1997–2005). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

3
safety recalls, all years
5
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2003
year with most complaints

Pick your Newmar American Star model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Newmar American Star20
2004 Newmar American Star10
2003 Newmar American Star13
2002 Newmar American Star10
2001 Newmar American Star10
2000 Newmar American Star12
1999 Newmar American Star10
1998 Newmar American Star10
1997 Newmar American Star10

What Newmar American Star owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 3.

All Newmar American Star recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Newmar American Star, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V366000 Reported 2,192 vehicles potentially affected NEWMAR CORPORATION

    Newmar is recalling 772 my 2004-2005 american star, kountry aire, mountain aire, my 2003-2006 kountry star, my 2007 x-aire fifth wheel trailers; my 2007 bay star, my 2004-2007 kountry star, my 2004-2006 mountain aire, my 2003-2005 scottsdale class a motor homes; and my 2004-2006 dutch star, my 2003-2006 kountry star, my 2004-2006…

    Remedy: Newmar 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. Dometic…

    Model years: 2004, 2005

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V075000 Reported 16,190 vehicles potentially affected NEWMAR CORPORATION

    Certain class a and diesel pusher motor homes and fifth wheel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, 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: Newmar 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 of…

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

  3. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 04V459000 Reported 108 vehicles potentially affected NEWMAR CORPORATION

    On certain fifth wheel recreational vehicles, during the model year change, two positions in the vehicle identification number (VIN) were not correctly changed to indicate a new model year. Therefore, the VIN tag illustrates an incorrect VIN number.

    Remedy: Dealers will reprint and install new federal VIN tags. The recall began october 22, 2004. Owners should contact newmar corporation at 1-574-773-7791.

    Model years: 2005

Other Newmar 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.