2004 Damon Daybreak
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
4 recalls name the 2004 Damon Daybreak. Newest first.
Damon IS recalling 4,677 my 2004-2006 challenger, daybreak, intruder, my 2004-2005 escaper, ultrasport, and my 2005 astoria and astoria waldorf motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. the refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where…
Risk and remedy
Risk
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy
Damon will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). 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 damon at
Certain travel trailers and motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) IS present.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy
Damon 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 you 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 damon at 1-800-860-3812.
On certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with gm 8.1L V8 engines, improper hardening during the heat treatment process can cause the fuel rail pulse damper retainer clip to fracture, resulting in inadequate retention of the damper. If the damper becomes loose, fuel could be pumped by the fuel pump into the under hood area.
Risk and remedy
Risk
In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could result.
Remedy
Chevrolet and workhorse are handling the owner notification and remedy for this campaign (please see 06v225 and 06v289). Dealers will replace the fuel rail pulse damper retainer clips on these engines free of charge. Owners may contact chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, workhorse at 877-294-6773, or damon at 1-574-264-5517.
Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 101, "controls and displays" and no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." if the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1.5V, the brake failure lamp and alarm will…
Risk and remedy
Risk
At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Damon IS working with workhorse to contact the owners and remedy this campaign . workhorse will reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731 or damon at 1-800-860-3812.
Owner complaints
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- Latches/locks/linkages › Doors › Latch · Unknown or other
Cpsc: 2004 damon daybreak motor home. The main door latch mechanism IS manufactured by tri mark. The locking plunger IS made of an inferior die cast zink alloy. Two years ago the plunger broke, locking my wife inside the motor home.they will not get out. There IS a new version available with a steel plunger. I ordered one and had to pay for it. *Bf updated 06/13/2017*js
- Electrical system
The lcd which displays critical engine information has bad pixels, which makes it difficult, if not impossible to assess operating conditions. I understand that this IS a very common fault with the actia display used in the workhorse chassis. *tr
- Service brakes
Auto parking brakes applies while driving down road. this has happened to us three times. *tr
- Equipment
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 damon daybreak. the vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2852, serial number 34403300. the contact received a safety recall notice for nhtsa campaign ID number 07v130000 (equipment:recreational vehicle) and took the dometic in for repair. when she returned home…
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 damon daybreak. the vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2852, serial number 34403300. the contact received a safety recall notice for nhtsa campaign ID number 07v130000 (equipment:recreational vehicle) and took the dometic in for repair. when she returned home that same day, the dometic would not turn on at all. the repair shop that made the repair stated that they were not responsible because they only inserted two screws. the contact attempted to reach dometic, but was not able to get past the answering service. the vin and failure mileages were unknown.
- Service brakes, air
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 damon daybreak. the contact stated that the brake pedal would not retract when it was depressed. the dealer stated that the brake booster was defective and they made the replacement. there had been no further occurrences. the failure mileage was 813 and current mileage was 22,306. updated 03/10/08. *lj
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