Ember Recreational Vehicles has recalled 259 of its 2024 E-Series travel trailers because the fuse on a power cord feeding the seating may not provide adequate circuit protection. If a short circuit occurred, the weak protection would raise the risk of a fire. Dealers will replace the cord at no cost.
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The Bristol, Indiana, builder’s filing reached federal safety regulators on October 28, 2026, and it applies only to trailers fitted with certain power seating assemblies. Owner letters are expected to be mailed on November 23, 2026, roughly four weeks after the filing date.
The seating cord and its fuse in the federal record
The campaign appears as 26V714000 in the federal recall feed on data.transportation.gov, filed under the component heading for the electrical system and the subject “Seating Power Cord May Have Inadequate Circuit Protection.” The defect summary is a single sentence: the power cord fuse may not provide adequate circuit protection. The consequence line is equally compact, saying that in the event of a short circuit the inadequate protection increases the risk of a fire.
A fuse is the sacrificial part of a circuit, meant to open and cut power before a fault can heat a wire past what its insulation tolerates. The record does not explain why this particular fuse falls short, whether it is rated too high for the cord, or whether it is a part that might not blow quickly enough. It also lists no manufacturer campaign number and gives no count of fires, injuries or complaints, so the evidence for the hazard rests on the engineering concern alone. The record does not say whether the concern came from a design review, a supplier notice or a customer report.
A budget travel trailer from a young Indiana builder
Ember formed in 2021 in Bristol, Indiana, and its president and chief executive, Ashley Bontrager Lehman, is the granddaughter of Jayco’s founders, according to the company’s introduction on RV.com. Steve Delagrange and Chris Barth, both formerly of Jayco, are listed there as founding partners. The startup began with lightweight laminated trailers and employed 23 people when it announced its first plant.
The E-Series arrived in September 2023 at the company’s annual dealer expo. RV Pro’s launch coverage described a lightweight, laminated, budget-conscious line with four floorplans ranging from 26 to 32 feet, and quoted founder and CEO Ashley Bontrager saying the line was meant for a broader and more affordable market without giving up Ember’s usual quality and design. That article does not mention power seating, so the recalled assemblies were probably an equipment choice layered onto the base trailer, though the recall record does not say how many E-Series buyers took it.
The launch coverage lists the kind of equipment that gives a small trailer its pull with first-time buyers: Goodyear Endurance tires, Dexter axles, a fully walkable roof, forced-air heating, an 18,000-BTU air conditioner that Ember called the largest single unit in its class, and residential-size queen beds with bedside outlets. Every one of those is an electrical or mechanical system that a builder of Ember’s size has to source from suppliers and test, which is the context for a recall about a purchased power cord and its fuse.
Ember’s second federal filing of 2026
The fuse recall is not the first this year. In February 2026 Ember filed recall 26V065 for 317 trailers: 218 of its 2026 E-Series built from July 29 to December 19, 2025, and 99 Overland Series units. The Federal Certification labels on those trailers showed the wrong unloaded vehicle weight and cargo carrying capacity, which could let owners overload them.
That report traced the error to a July lightning strike at the plant that damaged electrical components, leaving a damaged load cell in the scale system undetected. Ember replaced the load cell, recalibrated the scales and promised daily verification plus quarterly maintenance, according to the filing. RV Pro’s weekly recall roundup carried the February notice on February 9, 2026. The two recalls involve different systems and different model years, and nothing in either record links them.
Replacing the cord: timing and contacts
The remedy sits with Ember’s dealer network, the same channel the company courted at its annual expo in Bristol, where retailers and prospects tour the plant and campground. Per the record, they will replace the power cord, free of charge, and owners can reach Ember’s customer service at 1-844-732-4204. The same record answers “No” to both the fire-risk-when-parked flag and the do-not-drive flag, so NHTSA’s entry does not tell owners to park the trailers or to disconnect the seating while they wait.
Anyone unsure whether a 2024 E-Series carries the affected seating can enter its 17-character VIN on NHTSA’s recall lookup, or review NHTSA’s page for campaign 26V714000 once it fills in. Unanswered for now: which seating assemblies count as “certain,” how many trailers received the part, and whether a fuse that cannot be trusted has yet caused a single fire.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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