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NHTSA recall 98V240002

Electrical system › Wiring

Coachmen Starflyte and 1 more

Reported Oct 1, 1998215 vehicles affectedCOACHMEN RV COMPANYBuilt Mar 19, 1998 – Oct 22, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: recreational vehicles equipped with 45 amp magnetek power converters. a weakened bypass capacitor on the converter's printed circuit board can cause a breakdown of the capacitor allowing electrical current leakage.

The risk

Electrical current leakage could result in a fire.

The remedy

Magnetek IS replacing these power converters.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Coachmen Starflyte
19981999
Coachmen Van Camper
19981999

Notes

Magnetek IS conducting the owner notification for this recall. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free replacement converters within a reasonable time should contactmagnetek at 1-219-356-7100, ext. 469, orcoachmen at 1-219-825-5821. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).