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NHTSA recall 07V386000

Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer

Marathon Marathon and 1 more

Reported Aug 28, 2007251 vehicles affectedMARATHON HOMES CORP.Built Jul 1, 1997 – Oct 31, 2003

The defect

Certain fifth wheel and travel 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.

The risk

Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.

The remedy

Marathon homes 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 will assist the owner in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or marathon homes at 1-574-294-6441.

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Notes

Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.