- Vehicles
- 41
- Built between
- Jan 1993 – Mar 2003
- Models
- 11
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 1993 and March 2003. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2003 Aluminum Trailer GooseneckBuilt August 2002 to August 2002
- 2002-2003 B&W GV48Built December 2001 to March 2003
- 2002-2003 B&W GV50Built December 2001 to March 2003
- 2002-2003 B&W GV52Built December 2001 to March 2003
- 1993 Chevrolet TopkickBuilt January 1993 to December 1993
- 2001-2002 Gold Rush 1216SEOBuilt January 2001 to April 2002
- 2002 PACE TrailerBuilt January 2002 to December 2002
- 2001 Storm WX44 Rolling ThunderBuilt October 2000 to October 2000
- 2002-2003 Storm WX48 Cyclone GNBuilt March 2002 to September 2002
- 2002-2003 Storm WX50 Cyclone GNBuilt February 2002 to January 2003
- 2001 T&E GNBuilt January 2001 to February 2001
What the defect is
On certain custom living quarter or lounge trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, these refrigerators 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
J&S WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC IN ORDER TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 06E076). 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
- Vehicles builtJanuary 1993 to March 2003
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 September 2007
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 27 September 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
Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or j&s at 1-785-826-9455.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- J&S CUSTOM TRAILERS
- 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.