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2003 Thor California Tahoe Recalls

Recalls on record Updated July 2026

The 2003 Thor California Tahoe has 2 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 64,073 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the tires. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Recall campaigns

EQUIPMENT 06V208000 2006-06-13 64,000 affected
Defect

ON CERTAIN TRAVEL AND FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH SUBURBAN AND ATWOOD FURNACES, THE FURNACE EXHAUST VENT WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. THE FURNACE EXHAUST VENT WILL ALLOW LEAKAGE OF FUMES WHICH CONTAIN COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, INCLUDING A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF POTENTIALLY LETHAL CARBON MONOXIDE GAS.

Consequence

FUMES COULD ENTER INTO THE TRAILER AND COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

Remedy

OWNERS WILL RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON INSPECTING THE FURNACE VENT. IF AN OWNER BELIEVES THE VENT IS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, IS NOT SURE HOW TO INSPECT THE FURNACE EXHAUST VENT, OR NEEDS ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THE FURNACE EXHAUST VENT INSTALLATION INSPECTED AND CORRECTED, OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT THOR IMMEDIATELY AT…

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 03V178000 2003-05-19 73 affected
Defect

ON CERTAIN FIFTH WHEEL AND TRAVEL TRAILERS, THE TAILPIPE USED TO RELEASE THE EXHAUST FROM THE GENERATOR WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THOR MODIFIED THE TAILPIPE BY PLACING AN EXTENSION ON THE TAILPIPE. AS A RESULT, THE GENERATOR'S EXHAUST MAY BE RELEASED UNDER THE TRAILER AT THE POINT OF…

Consequence

THE TAILPIPE EXHAUST NEEDS TO BE RELEASED AWAY FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRAILER.

Remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING TAILPIPE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 13, 2003. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT THOR CALIFORNIA AT 1-888-697-8467, EXTENSION 215.

Complaints by component

TIRES
2
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
1
TRAILER HITCHES
1
1crashes4injuries
Total complaints4

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“We were driving to spokane washington from phelan calif. When we had a tire tread come off passenger front of dual axle thore transport 5th wheel trailer. Ripping off fender skirt. I put spare on and 28 miles later passenger rear tire had a blow out. Tires had maybe 1500 miles on them. This…”

TIRES · reported 2006-07-15

“Contacted carlilse tire on 8/11/04 opened claim on tires delaminating. On 9/5/04 two tires did blowout causing major damage to my rv. 10/5/04 received five new tires from carlilse tire. I do not want these tires on my rv and I seem to be stuck with them. Its going to cost over one thosand dollars…”

TIRES · reported 2004-09-05

“In june 2002 I bought new from the factory a thor tahoe transport 33' fifth wheel. The vehicle was equipped with merit all country radials size, lt235/85r16 e. Up until the failure I had put about 3000 miles on the tires, typically traveling about 150 miles per trip, one way. The vehicle is rated…”

TIRES:TREAD/BELT · reported 2004-08-14

“2003 thor tahoe travel trailer tongue/coupler failed on february 14, 2004. The trailer had less than 500 miles on it. It was purchased new from marjon rv in riverside in april 2003. The trailer was attached to our 2000 ford excursion with a weight distributing hitch that was installed by marjon…”

TRAILER HITCHES · reported 2004-02-14
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2003 Thor California Tahoe as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.