- Vehicles
- 2,054
- Built between
- Jun 1997 – May 2003
- Models
- 19
- 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 June 1997 and May 2003. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2001 S&S 10 DBBuilt June 2001 to June 2001
- 1997-2003 S&S 11 DBBuilt July 1997 to March 2003
- 1999-2003 S&S 11 DBSBuilt December 1999 to January 2003
- 1997-2002 S&S 11 SCBuilt June 1997 to May 2002
- 1999-2003 S&S 11 SCSBuilt October 1999 to March 2003
- 1998-2001 S&S 7.5 TBuilt June 1998 to September 2001
- 2001-2003 S&S 8 BLBuilt November 2001 to May 2003
- 1998 S&S 8 DBuilt August 1998 to August 1998
- 1997-2003 S&S 8 SCBuilt August 1997 to May 2003
- 1998 S&S 8 TSWBuilt March 1998 to April 1998
- 2000-2001 S&S 8 UBuilt October 2000 to October 2001
- 1997 S&S 8.5 LBuilt September 1997 to December 1997
- 1997-2003 S&S 8.5 SCBuilt June 1997 to May 2003
- 2000-2002 S&S 8.5 SCSBuilt February 2000 to October 2002
- 2000-2003 S&S 9 SCBuilt September 2000 to January 2003
- 2000-2003 S&S 9 SCSBuilt July 2000 to January 2003
- 1997-1999 S&S 9 TBuilt August 1997 to August 1999
- 1997-2002 S&S 9.5 SCBuilt June 1997 to May 2002
- 2000-2003 S&S 9.5 SCSBuilt January 2000 to March 2003
What the defect is
On certain truck campers 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
S&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 builtJune 1997 to May 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 s&s at 1-406-755-5080.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- S&S CANOPIES & CAMPERS MFG., 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.