On October 2, 2026, Roadmaster Inc. filed a Part 573 report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covering 24,656 tow bars, the arms that connect a motorhome to the car it pulls. The campaign, numbered 26E069, is an equipment recall rather than a vehicle recall, so it names seven tow bar models and no car, truck or RV. The shared defect is a roll pin that can back out of the stinger assembly.
Roadmaster’s consequence statement to NHTSA reads: “A separated tow bar can result in the tow vehicle detaching, increases the risk of a crash.” The company’s report says the sequence starts with a pin that works loose and ends with the bar parting from the hitch receiver on the motorhome.
A roll pin that migrates out of the T-bolt
The Part 573 report says the roll pin that secures the T-bolt portion of the stinger assembly may back out. Friction from the rotation of the T-bolt can push the pin outward over time, and once it migrates the T-bolt can separate and the tow bar can come away from the hitch receiver. The report states no count of complaints, incidents or injuries.
Roadmaster dates its first knowledge to July 13, 2026, when a customer notified the company of roll pin migration that led to T-bolt separation. Analysis was complete on August 7, a solution was developed by September 23, and a revised T-bolt design went into production on September 24.
Seven tow bars, from 10,962 Nighthawks to 45 Liberty units
The 24,656 units break down by model. The Nighthawk is the biggest group at 10,962, followed by the Falcon All Terrain at 3,965, the Falcon 2 at 2,880, the Sterling at 2,733, the Blackhawk All Terrain at 2,095, the Falcon 3HD at 1,976 and the Liberty at 45. Production start dates differ by model, from January 13, 2025 for the Falcon 3HD and February 27, 2026 for the Liberty back to February 16, 2022 for the Falcon 2, and every model’s production window ends September 23, 2026.
Within those totals the report splits units by part number. Nighthawk part 676 accounts for 9,638 bars and part 677 for 1,324. The Falcon All Terrain divides into 3,923 of part 522 and 42 of part 527, the Falcon 2 into 2,677 of part 520 and 203 of part 525, and the Sterling into 2,623 of part 576 and 110 of part 586. The Blackhawk All Terrain splits 2,051 and 44 between parts 422 and 427, and the Falcon 3HD 1,915 and 61 between parts 622 and 627. The Liberty is a single part, 1776, with 45 units.
NHTSA’s database carries each tow bar with model year 9999, a placeholder, so the Part 573 production dates are the only way to place a given bar in the campaign.
Two remedies, depending on where the pin sits
Dealers have two jobs, according to NHTSA’s campaign record and the Part 573 report. If the pin has not migrated, they install a security band that anchors it in place. If it has, they replace the T-bolt assembly with a new one that has a double lock nut and permanent thread locker and no roll pin at all. Both repairs are covered by Roadmaster.
Owner letters are expected in October 2026, and Roadmaster’s recall number is 910-RPR, with customer service at 1-800-669-9690. NHTSA acknowledged the filing in a letter dated October 7, 2026 and asked Roadmaster to file an amended report that identifies purchasers and includes a reimbursement plan for owners who already paid for a repair.
An August notice that this campaign widens
The October filing is broader than what Roadmaster told the public in August. A notice reported on August 17, 2026 covered only select Nighthawk tow bars with serial numbers 15000 through 20843, and said the T-bolt assembly can loosen if the retaining roll pin is missing, damaged or partially backed out. In extreme cases, that notice said, the bar could separate from the hitch receiver and detach the towed vehicle from the motorhome.
In that August notice Roadmaster told readers that it lacked registration data for every Nighthawk in use and was asking dealers and distributors for customer contact details; it named a recall coordinator, Melissa Puebla Ramos, as the point of contact. The same gap shapes the October campaign: NHTSA’s letter specifically asks for purchaser identification, an indication that Roadmaster’s owner list for these products is incomplete. The agency’s filing list shows the campaign received October 2, 2026, the same day as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class brake hose recall and the Blue Bird electric school bus campaign.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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