1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2016 Thor Motor Coach ACE. Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Thor Motor Coach dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Thor Motor Coach ACE. Check your ACE by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 7 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Thor Motor Coach ACE. Thor Motor Coach has issued at least 2 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Thor Motor Coach ACE. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“THE SLIDE MOTOR NEEDED REPLACING. IT WAS REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AND THE SAME MOTOR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. SHORTLY OUT OF WARRANTY. OUT OF WARRANTY I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT WATER FROM THE ROOF WAS ABLE TO LEAK INTO THE MOTOR HOUSING AND WAS CAUSING THE MOTORS TO SHORT OUT.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11180696
“THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM BROKE. THE METAL BROKE RESULTING IN THE LOCK BECOMING UNUSABLE. DOOR NEEDED A FULL REPLACEMENT LOCK. NEW TRIMARK RV ENTRY DOOR LOCK 60-650 WAS REPLACED TO FIX THE ISSUE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11180695
“THE EXTERIOR DOOR LOCK MADE BY TRI-MARK BROKE TRAPPING ME AND MY FAMILY INSIDE. THE RV WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. THE DOOR LOCK HAD TO BE DISASSEMBLED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. HAD THEIR BEEN A FIRE OR SOME OTHER EMERGENCY THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11130238
“DOOR LOCK MECHANISM BROKE WHILE VEHICLE STATIONARY CAMPING. FAMILY OF 5 LOCKED OUT, DOG LOCKED IN 101 DEGREE WEATHER, HAD TO BREAK WINDOW AND BREAK DOOR MECHANISM TO GET DOG OUT. KNOWN RECURRENT PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE AS EASILY BEEN LOCKED IN. COULD NOT OPEN FROM EITHER SIDE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11110381
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 THOR ACE (MODEL 29.4) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR ENTRY DOOR WAS UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE DOOR LATCH BEING FRACTURED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11088692
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Thor Motor Coach ACE is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Thor Motor Coach dealer.