Dometic corporation two-door refrigerato

What NHTSA investigated

On 04/11/08 dometic filed a defect report stating certain two-door refrigerators contain a boiler tube that may fatigue and develop a crack.should a cracked boiler tube release a concentrated amount of cooling liquid and an ignition source is present, a fire may occur. A fire can cause personal injury to vehicle occupants. Rmd mailed information request letters to 227 companies on 7/1/2008 and again on 9/30/2008.FROM those mailings, 78 companies installed these refrigerators into motor vehicles and subsequently filed defect reports with NHTSA, 89 companies submitted written responses but were not required to file a defect report, and 28 companies failed to submit a written response to rmd's information request LETTERS.32 letters were undeliverable.notes for each mailing can be found attached below or in the document repository.this eq is closed.

Recalls that followed

1. Triple E Rv — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer09V08900018 March 200975 vehicles
2. S&S — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer09V09000018 March 2009307 vehicles
3. Showtime — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer09V0510006 February 20093 vehicles
4. Titan — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V67400018 December 20082 vehicles
5. Glendale — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V66100015 December 20081,665 vehicles
6. Warrior — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V65500012 December 200821 vehicles
7. Duster — Equipment08V6290002 December 2008522 vehicles
8. Cowboy — Equipment08V5840007 November 200813 vehicles
9. Eveland — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V5760003 November 20082 vehicles
10. Techworks — Equipment08V57200030 October 20085 vehicles
11. Eclipse — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V57000029 October 200898 vehicles
12. RBD — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V55700023 October 2008681 vehicles
13. TL — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V56100023 October 2008423 vehicles
14. Renegade — Equipment08V55100022 October 20081,434 vehicles
15. Double B Trailers — Equipment08V55200022 October 200829 vehicles
16. Surrey — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V55300022 October 20086 vehicles
17. Cache — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V55900022 October 20087 vehicles
18. Integrity — Equipment08V56000022 October 20081 vehicles
19. R & S — Equipment08V54700020 October 20081 vehicles
20. Allen Camper — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer08V54800020 October 200817 vehicles

Vehicles covered

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.