Suburban Equipment

Suburban is recalling about 240 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the hose is overheated, the hose can deteriorate and begin to leak lp gas which could possibly result in a fire.

Campaign
08E061000
Manufacturer
AIRXCEL, INC.
Reported
1 October 2008
Vehicles
240
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
24 October 2008
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.

  • Suburban SDN2H

What the defect is

Suburban manufacturing company, a division of airxcel, inc., is recalling 240 portable outdoor cooktops, model SDN2H with part no. 2965A, produced between december 2007 and may 2008, . These cooktops are sold for use outside a folding camping trailer with a detachable connection to the gas supply. A section of the flexible hose connecting the gas supply from the trailer to the gas control manifold in the cooktop was determined to be inadequately protected from the heat generated by the burner.

What could happen

If the hose is overheated, the hose can deteriorate and begin to leak lp gas which could possibly result in a fire.

What gets fixed

SUBURBAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE COOKTOPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 2, 2008.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA1 October 2008
  2. Owners notified24 October 2008

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 1 October 2008.

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 can contact airxcel at 1-791-676-2326.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
AIRXCEL, INC.
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

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.

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