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Manufacturer Profile · 1943 to 2025

Four Winns

Four Winns has been building boats with HINs on file from 1943 to 2025. Federal records show 10 recalls and 30 USCG-reported accidents involving Four Winns hulls. Popular models include the Horizon, 180 Horizon, 190 Horizon.

Known for:recreationalsmodels like the Horizon
Known Recalls
10
USCG Accidents
30
Registered Vessels
0
Active Years
1943–2025
MIC Codes
4WN, PFW

Popular Four Winns Models

Horizon(8)180 Horizon(4)190 Horizon(4)Sundowner(4)190(3)190 Freedom(3)Horizon 190(3)Liberator(3)Freedom(2)Bowrider(2)Four Winns(2)205 Sundowner(2)

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Four Winns Fleet Safety Overview

Based on 30 USCG-reported incidents involving Four Winns vessels from 2009 through 2023. These figures reflect all reported accidents for this make across the U.S. fleet and do not indicate the history of any individual vessel.

22machinery failure
18operator inexperience
17operator inattention
16alcohol
10improper lookout

Four Winns Recalls (10)

17CG113SOct 2017
COASTAL SKIFF 184 (2018)

SAFE LOADING MAX WT

3 units affected
05R0654SJun 2005
LIL DUCKER (2004)

LABEL; CERTIFICATION

4 units affected
030133SAug 2003
37 AND 47 EXCALIBUR

FUEL FILL LINE

22 units affected
970092TAug 1997
238/258 VISTA

ENGINE COMP. VENTILATION

45 units affected
950226TSep 1995
"170H, 190H, 192, 200H"

FUEL FILL FITTING CRACKS

8,550 units affected
940134TMay 1994
278 VISTA (1994)

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:

5,002 units affected
940122TMay 1994
FOUR WINNS FLING (1994)

NON IGN PROTECT BATT TERM

212 units affected
940120TJan 1994
180FREEDOM/190HORIZON

FUEL TANK PSSIBLE LEAK

2,397 units affected
920420TNov 1992
"315 VISTA, 325 EXPRESS" (1992)

CO INTRUSION

82 units affected
920422SSep 1992
207 QUEST FISHING BOATS

FLOTATION NOT SUFFICIENT

136 units affected

How to Identify a Four Winns HIN

Every Four Winns boat manufactured or imported into the U.S. after 1972 has a 12-character Hull Identification Number (HIN) stamped on the transom. Four Winns HINs begin with the manufacturer codes 4WN, PFW.

4WNXXXXXXXXX
MIC codeSerialMonthYear

About Four Winns

Four Winns is a boat manufacturer tracked by the U.S. Coast Guard under MIC codes 4WN, PFW. Vessels on file span model years 1943 through 2025. HullScore tracks 0 Four Winns vessels in our database, along with 10 manufacturer recalls and 30 USCG-reported boating accidents.

The most commonly registered Four Winns models include the Horizon, 180 Horizon, 190 Horizon, Sundowner, 190. The fleet is primarily composed of recreationals and open motorboats.

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