NHTSA recall 05E015000 · Equipment
Engine and engine cooling
Reported Feb 16, 200510,700 vehicles affectedWEBASTO PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC.Built Nov 1, 2002 – Feb 15, 2005
The defect
Certain webasto coolant heaters, model dbw 2010, assembled with webasto burner tubes, p/n 303046/26533a manufactured between november 2002 and february 2005. the stainless steel burner tube IS made out of a material that IS not to specification and could fail prematurely.
The risk
Should the burner tube fail, the coolant heater could overheat, possibly resulting in a fire.
The remedy
Webasto will notify its customers and replace the subject burner tubes with new certified burner tubes at no cost to the owner. the recall began april 7, 2005. owners may contact webasto at 810-593-6104.