Newmar Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Newmar is recalling about 109 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. This condition could result in carbon monoxide poisoning.

Campaign
08V078000
Manufacturer
NEWMAR CORPORATION
Reported
22 February 2008
Vehicles
109
Built between
Dec 2006 – Feb 2008
Models
9
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
1 May 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2006 and February 2008. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2008-2009 Newmar ALL Star Diesel PusherBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar BAY StarBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar Canyon Star CABuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar Dutch Star DPBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar Kountry Aire FWBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2009 Newmar Kountry Star Diesel PusheBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008 Newmar Kountry Star DPBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar Torrey Pine FWBuilt December 2006 to February 2008
  • 2008-2009 Newmar Ventana DPBuilt December 2006 to February 2008

What the defect is

Newmar is recalling 109 my 2008-2009 bay star, canyon star kountry aire, torrey pine, ventana diesel pusher, all star diesel pusher, kountry star diesel pusher, and dutch star diesel pusher class a motor homes and fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with atwood sealed burner ranges. The range and slide-in burner tubes leading from the gas manifold to the burner heads had a depression or "kink" in the exterior bend restricting proper airflow and gas mixture.

What could happen

This condition could result in carbon monoxide poisoning.

What gets fixed

NEWMAR IS WORKING WITH ATWOOD TO HAVE THE TUBES REPLACED ON THESE RANGES (PLEASE SEE 07E030).

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2006 to February 2008
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 February 2008
  3. Owners notified1 May 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 22 February 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 may contact atwood at 1-800-348-7418 or newmar at 574-773-7791.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
NEWMAR CORPORATION
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.

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