NHTSA recall 98V013000
Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer
Aero Aerolite
Reported Jan 21, 1998780 vehicles affectedAERO MANUFACTURING, INC.Built Jul 1, 1997 – Oct 31, 1997
The defect
Vehicle description: travel trailers. the simultaneous use of the microwave oven and the cooktop produces negative pressure that causes the flames on the cooktop to reverse. this could result in damage to the burner head, possibly resulting in extinguishing the flame. if the flame IS extinguished, liquid propane (lp) gas could leak into the trailer.
The risk
The presence of lp gas in the trailer could result in asphyxiation of persons present in the trailer or possibly an explosion in the event that the lp gas IS ignited by a spark.
The remedy
Dealers will install a drop-in burner box kit which will eliminate the negative pressure when the microwave oven and the cooktop are used simultaneously.