Winnebago Ultimate Advantage Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 16 model years of the Winnebago Ultimate Advantage (1996–2011).

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All Winnebago Ultimate Advantage recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Winnebago Ultimate Advantage, 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. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V265000 Reported June 13, 2008 930 vehicles potentially affected WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.

   Winnebago is recalling my 1999-2002 ultimate advantage, ultimate freedom, my 1999-2001 chieftain, my 2000-2001 brave, my 2001 journey my 2000 minnie winnie, my 2000-2002 itasca horizon, my 1999 suncruiser, my 2001 sunflyer, and my 2000 sunrise motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerators. A fatigue failure in the section of the…

   Remedy: Winnebago is working with norcold to repair these refrigerators. Norcold will provide thermal switch kits to owners along with the necessary forms and instructions. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner…

   Model years: 1999, 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.