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NHTSA recall 07V431000

Equipment · Lance Camper Manufacturing. Corp.

September 5, 2007report date
7,692units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: On certain slide-in pickup truck recreational campers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, the refrigerator may have a defect in the 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: Lance 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…

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All model years NHTSA lists

1999 Lance 1010, 2000 Lance 1010, 2001 Lance 1010, 2002 Lance 1010, 1999 Lance 1020, 2000 Lance 1020, 2002 Lance 1025, 1999 Lance 1030, 2000 Lance 1030, 2001 Lance 1030, 2002 Lance 1030, 2000 Lance 1061, 2001 Lance 1061, 2002 Lance 1061, 1999 Lance 1110, 1999 Lance 1120, 2000 Lance 1120, 2000 Lance 1121, 2001 Lance 1121, 2002 Lance 1121, 1999 Lance 1130, 2000 Lance 1130, 2001 Lance 1130, 2002 Lance 1130, 2000 Lance 1140, 2001 Lance 1140, 2001 Lance 1161, 2002 Lance 1161, 1998 Lance Ll500, 1997 Lance Ll500Ec, 1998 Lance Ll500Ec, 1997 Lance Ll880, 1997 Lance Ll880Ec, 1998 Lance Ll880Ec, 1997 Lance Ll945, 1997 Lance Ll945Ec, 1998 Lance Ll945Ec, 1997 Lance Ll980Ec, 1998 Lance Ll980Ec, 1997 Lance Ll990Ec, 1998 Lance Ll990Ec, 1997 Lance Ls5000, 1998 Lance Ls5000, 1997 Lance Ls5000Ec, 1998 Lance Ls5000Ec, 1997 Lance Ls8000, 1998 Lance Ls8000, 1997 Lance Ls8000Ec, 1998 Lance Ls8000Ec, 1997 Lance Ls9500, 1997 Lance Ls9500Fc, 1998 Lance Ls9500Fc, 1998 Lance Ls9800Ec.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 07V431000.

Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.