NHTSA recall 07V389000
Equipment · Northwood Manufacturing, Inc.
Details
What's wrong: Certain fifth wheel, travel, and toy hauler trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the refrigerator boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
Why it matters: Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
The fix: Northwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06E076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle Inc. to manage this campaign. Stericycle…
Affected vehicles on MotorDeets
- 2001 Northwood Arctic Fox
- 2001 Northwood Desert Fox
- 2001 Northwood Nash
- Northwood Arctic Fox
- Northwood Desert Fox
- Northwood Nash
All model years NHTSA lists
2001 Northwood Arctic Fox, 2001 Northwood Desert Fox, 2001 Northwood Nash.
Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 07V389000.
Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.