Recalls › 98E011000

NHTSA recall 98E011000 · Equipment

Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer › Lpg systems › Furnace

Reported Apr 23, 19981,938 vehicles affectedVEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC.Built Feb 14, 1996 – May 16, 1997

The defect

Equipment description: heating systems used on motor homes. the fiberglass insulating material located under the burner head on the floor of the aqua-hot heating system enclosure as well as on the back side of the access doors for the electric heating element and thermostats can become soaked with fluids (ethylene glycol and/or diesel fuel), increasing the risk of an electrical short.

The risk

This condition can result in a fire in the vehicle.

The remedy

Dealers will remove the insulation material from beneath the heating system as well as from behind the control thermostat and heating element access covers.

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Vehicles in this recall

Notes

Vsi began notifying owners on april 30, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact the motor home company or vehicle systems at 1-303-857-2901.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).