- Vehicles
- 0
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 34
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- 1999 Beaver Contessa
- 1997-1999 Beaver Marquis
- 1997, 1999 Beaver Monterey
- 1997-1999 Beaver Patriot
- 1998 Beaver Coach Contessa
- 1998 Beaver Coach Monterey
- 1998-1999 Beaver Coach Patriot Thunder
- 1999 Holiday Rambler Admiral
- 1999 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite
- 1998 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite Limited
- 1998-1999 Holiday Rambler Alumascape
- 1998 Holiday Rambler Alumascape Deluxe
- 1998-1999 Holiday Rambler Endeavor
- 1998-1999 Holiday Rambler Imperial
- 1999 Holiday Rambler Navigator
- 1998-1999 Holiday Rambler Vacationer
- 1998-1999 Mckenzie Medallion
- 1998-1999 Monaco Coach Diplomat
- 1997-1999 Monaco Coach Dynasty
- 1997-1999 Monaco Coach Executive
- 1999 Monaco Coach Lapalma
- 1997-1999 Monaco Coach Signature
- 1997-1999 Monaco Coach Windsor
- 1997, 1999 Safari Continental
- 1999 Safari Zanzibar
- 1998 Safari Coach Continental
- 1999 Safari Coach Desperado
- 1997-1999 Safari Coach Eldorado
- 1997-1999 Safari Coach Ivory
- 1998-1999 Safari Coach Renegade
- 1997-1999 Safari Coach Sahara
- 1997-1999 Safari Coach Serengeti
- 1997-1999 Safari Coach Trek
- 1998 Safari Coach Zanzibar
What the defect is
On certain motorhomes, fifth wheels and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200LR and 1200RIM, these refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly leaking from the sealed, pressurized cooling unit through a small crack.
What could happen
If a leak occurs and the unit is continually operated, hydrogen gas may be expelled and can be ignited, resulting in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death.
What gets fixed
NORCOLD WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT COOLING UNIT FREE OF CHARGE.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA8 May 2003
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 8 May 2003.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005 or monaco at 574-862-7211.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- MONACO COACH CORP.
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.