Lippert has recalled 4,435 power seating cords because the fuse in the cord may not provide adequate circuit protection, according to the record for NHTSA equipment campaign 26E070000. The report reached the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on October 9, 2026. If a short circuit occurs while the protection is weak, the agency’s record says the risk of fire goes up.
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Dealers will replace the cord at no charge, though owners have not yet been given a notification date.
Campaign 26E070000 and what the filing covers
The campaign appears in the federal recall dataset published on data.transportation.gov, where the manufacturer is listed as Lippert and the component category as electrical system. The subject line reads that the power seating cord may not have adequate circuit protection, and the affected items are described only as power seating assemblies. Lippert is a supplier of components to the recreational vehicle industry, and it lists power recliner cords with a power supply box in its parts catalog, which is the kind of part the recall record describes.
The dataset does not name the coaches or trailers that carry the seating, so an owner cannot tell from the record alone whether a particular motorhome is involved.
The filing is also recent. NHTSA logged the report on October 9, 2026, which places the campaign at the start of its life, before the stage in which the maker writes to owners and dealers about the repair. The 4,435 figure is the count of potentially affected units in that first filing, and recall populations can be revised as a maker reviews its production and sales records.
A fuse that may not open when it should
A fuse is a deliberate weak point. It is built to open and cut power when current climbs past a safe level, so the wire behind it does not overheat. NHTSA’s record states the defect in one sentence: the power cord fuse may not provide adequate circuit protection. Power seating draws its current through a cord from the coach’s electrical system, so the cord is the link between the vehicle’s wiring and the seat, and the fuse in it is the safeguard on that link. In practical terms, a fault that should have been stopped at the fuse could keep drawing current through the cord, and the filing identifies fire as the consequence if a short circuit occurs.
The same record answers two questions that matter to owners. It marks the fire risk when parked as no, and it marks do-not-drive as no. That means the entry carries no instruction to keep the seating unplugged or to leave the coach outside, which separates it from recalls that tell owners to stop using a vehicle until it is fixed.
Free cord replacement and a missing owner letter
The remedy in the record is a dealer replacement of the power cord at no charge. The owner notification schedule had not been provided when the entry was read, so there is no mailing date to cite and no way to say when letters will arrive. Owners with questions can contact Lippert customer service at 1-574-538-4514, the number the record lists.
Owners can also check a vehicle against NHTSA’s recall lookup, though an equipment campaign is not always tied to a vehicle identification number the way a vehicle recall is. Anyone with powered recliners or seats in a recreational vehicle can look for the Lippert name on the seating assembly or its cord and ask a dealer whether the part is in the affected population.
Because the record carries no stop-use instruction, the practical steps are modest. Owners of recreational vehicles with powered seating can note the campaign number 26E070000, ask a dealer whether the cord in their coach is a Lippert part, and wait for the written notice that the maker is expected to send once the schedule is filed. Nothing in the entry sets a deadline for owners to act, and the repair is described as free.
Why an equipment campaign has an E in its number
NHTSA numbers a recall by the year and by the kind of product. A number beginning 26V is a vehicle campaign, while 26E marks equipment, meaning a component sold across many vehicles instead of one model. Campaign 26E070000 is the latter, which is why the record names a manufacturer of the part and not a coach brand. The reporting duty sits with the maker under 49 CFR Part 573, which requires a manufacturer to report a safety defect to the agency.
The campaign was one of many posted in the same stretch. A trade-press roundup of NHTSA commercial-vehicle recalls for the week of October 12 shows other recreational vehicle entries, including a Forest River recall covering 75 Sunseeker, Solera and Forester units over an inflation placard, which is a separate campaign with a different defect.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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