Vehicle report

2006 ITASCA NAVION

Defect investigations

1 action

PE06058 · PE

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Investigation

WINNEBAGO HAS FILED DEFECT REPORT 07V-163 WHICH OUTLINES WINNEBAGO'S INTENTION TO INSTALL SECONDARY LATCHES ON THE AFFECTED CARGO DOORS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES.ODI BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED SECONDARY LATCH WILL PROVIDE A MORE RELIABLE LATCHING SYSTEM (1) FOR OWNERS WHO MAY INADVERTENTLY FAIL TO SECURE THE PRIMARY LATCH AND/OR (2) AS A REDUNDANT RETENTION MEANS FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH A CARGO DOOR BECOMES MISALIGNED, DISTORTED, AND/OR DAMAGED IN A WAY THAT COMPROMISES THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRIMARY LATCH SYSTEM.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.