- Vehicles
- 6,973
- Built between
- Dec 2002 – Apr 2005
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- 11 April 2005
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between December 2002 and April 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Aqua-Hot Aqua-HOTBuilt December 2002 to April 2005
- Hydro-Hot Hydro-HOTBuilt December 2002 to April 2005
What the defect is
Certain vehicle systems aqua-hot and hydro-hot heaters manufactured between december 1, 2002, and april 1, 2005, equipped with webasto dbw 2010 diesel-burner (burner tube). The walls of the burner tube can deteriorate and fail.
What could happen
Failure of the burner tube can result in a fire.
What gets fixed
VEHICLE SYSTEMS WILL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE BURNER TUBE WITH A NEW ONE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN APRIL 11, 2005.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtDecember 2002 to April 2005
- Recall reported to NHTSA6 April 2005
- Owners notified11 April 2005
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 6 April 2005.
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 may contact vehicle systems at 1-800-685-4298.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC.
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
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
Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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.