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NHTSA recall 08V362000

Equipment · FTCA, Inc.

July 30, 2008report date
1,394units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: Affects vehicles 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: If this solution is exposed to an ignition source under certain specific circumstances, it can result in a vehicle fire.

The fix: Fleetwood folding is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08E032). 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 will…

Affected vehicles on MotorDeets

All model years NHTSA lists

2004 Coleman Caravan, 2004 Coleman Caravan Micro-Lite, 2005 Fleetwood Resort.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 08V362000.

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