Custom Designed Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Custom Designed is recalling about 1 vehicle over a problem with the equipment. Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.

Campaign
07V383000
Manufacturer
TRAVEL UNITS INC.
Reported
27 August 2007
Vehicles
1
Built between
Jul 2003 – Aug 2003
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
24 August 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2003 and August 2003. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2003 Custom Designed 2600CB-TTBuilt July 2003 to August 2003

What the defect is

One recreational trailer 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.

What could happen

Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.

What gets fixed

TRAVEL UNITS NOTIFIED THE CUSTOMER ON AUGUST 24, 2007, AND ADVISED THEM TO CONTACT DOMETIC. 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.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2003 to August 2003
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA27 August 2007
  3. Owners notified24 August 2007

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 27 August 2007.

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

The owner may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TRAVEL UNITS 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 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.

Same component

Same brand