NHTSA recall 08E032000 · Equipment
Equipment
The defect
Dometic has reported a safety related defect covering 745,574 two-door refrigerators manufactured between june 1, 2003 and september 30, 2006, with serial nos. 320Xxxxx through 352xxxxx; 401xxxxx through 452xxxxx; 501xxxxx through 552xxxxx; and 601xxxxx through 639xxxxx, installed in certain recreational vehicles as original equipment and sold as replacement equipment. a fatigue crack may develop in the boiler tube which may release a sufficient amount of pressurized coolant solution into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) IS present.
The risk
The release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
The remedy
The vehicle manufacturers will notify owners of recreational vehicles that had the refrigerators installed as original equipment and dometic will notify owners of the aftermarket refrigerators. dometic will install a secondary burner housing free of charge. the recall began on august 28, 2008. owners may contact dometic at 888-446-5157.