Winnebago Journey DL Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 12 owner complaints across 16 model years of the Winnebago Journey DL (1996–2011). The most-complained-about year is 2002.

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• 2011

What Winnebago Journey DL owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA. The 2002 model year has the most, with 6.

• Tires3
• Structure: body2
• Structure: underbody shields1
• Service brakes, air: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings1
• Tires: sidewall1
• Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer1
• Fuel system, diesel1
• Seat belts: front1

All Winnebago Journey DL recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Winnebago Journey DL, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Equipment

   NHTSA 10V525000 Reported October 26, 2010 18,461 vehicles potentially affected WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.

   Winnebago is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators 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: Winnebago is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for…

   Model years: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

2. Equipment

   NHTSA 09V300000 Reported July 29, 2009 1,547 vehicles potentially affected WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.

   Winnebago is recalling 1,547 model year 2001-2003 recreational vehicles equipped with norcold model 1200lrim refrigerators, manufactured from march 1, 2001 to december 31, 2002, with serial numbers between 1273701 and 1536607, non-consecutively. A fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could…

   Remedy: Winnebago is working with norcold and norcold will notify owners and the vehicle's refrigerator will be repaired free of charge (please see 09e-027). Owners may contact norcold's recall center at 1-800-767-9101.

   Model years: 2002, 2003

3. Mounting (fuel system)

   NHTSA 01V260000 Reported August 15, 2001 1,292 vehicles potentially affected WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.

   Vehicle description: motor homes (models wkp36l, wkp36ld, and ikp36ld). Four nuts may have loosened from the four bolts that connect the liquid propane (lp) tank to the motor home. If the attachment hardware is loosened, the road vibration could produce undue stress on the weld joints of the brackets and they could break.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the lp tank attachment and re-tightened the fasteners in addition to adding lock nuts. Owner notification began august 24, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed…

   Model years: 2000, 2001, 2002

Other Winnebago models

• Adventurer199 complaints
• Winnebago130 complaints
• Ekko116 complaints
• View95 complaints
• Brave75 complaints
• Minnie Winnie67 complaints
• Sightseer53 complaints
• Journey46 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.