Suburban glass top cooktops

An NHTSA investigation into Suburban vehicles. Closed 23 April 2009.

Investigation
EQ09001
Opened
28 January 2009
Closed
23 April 2009

What NHTSA investigated

On july 13, 2007, suburban manufacturing company (suburban) notified NHTSA that certain glass top sealed burner ranges and cook tops contain a burner tube connector that may have not been fully tightened.should a burner tube release a concentrated amount of natural gas and an ignition source is present, a fire may occur.suburban stated these units were produced between august 22, 2006 and november 22, 2006. On january 29, 2009 rmd mailed the 8 remaining vehicle manufacturers to ask how this equipment was sold.gulf stream coach filed a defect report (09V-135) for their units that were used in new motor VEHICLES.4 companies responded that their units were either for personal vehicles or never installed into new motor vehicles.a company listed as smc sls sample comprised of 7 sample units only.a total of 3 companies (representing a total of 5 recalled cooktops) were unreachable and could not be contacted by phone or email either. Eq responses can be found below or in the document repository.this eq is closed.

The recall that followed

  1. Gulf Stream — Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer09V13500023 April 20094 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
SuburbanSCS3GSModel year not recorded
SuburbanSCS3GSVModel year not recorded
SuburbanSRNA3SBBMModel year not recorded
SuburbanSRSA3LGGSModel year not recorded
SuburbanSRSA3LGGSVModel year not recorded
Suburban ManufacturingSUBURBAN MANUFACTURINGModel year not recorded

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.