Eldorado Equipment: Air Conditioner

Eldorado is recalling about 169 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Overheating of the condenser unit could result in a fire causing property damage, personal injury or death.

Campaign
09V372000
Manufacturer
ELDORADO NATIONAL
Reported
29 September 2009
Vehicles
169
Built between
Aug 2008 – Sep 2009
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 October 2009
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2008 and September 2009. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2009-2010 Eldorado Aero EliteBuilt August 2008 to September 2009
  • 2009-2010 Eldorado AeroliteBuilt August 2008 to September 2009
  • 2009-2010 Eldorado AerotechBuilt August 2008 to September 2009

What the defect is

Eldorado national is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2010 vans equipped with carrier K410 rooftop condensers. Inadequate overcurrent protection of one or more of the fans in the K410 condenser may cause overheating of the fan's wires.

What could happen

Overheating of the condenser unit could result in a fire causing property damage, personal injury or death.

What gets fixed

ELDORADO NATIONAL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED CARRIER DEALER TO OBTAIN THE REMEDY. PLEASE ALSO SEE CARRIER'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-055. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 30, 2009.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2008 to September 2009
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA29 September 2009
  3. Owners notified30 October 2009

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 29 September 2009.

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 carrier at 1-800-673-2431 or eldorado national at 1-800-850-1287.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
ELDORADO NATIONAL
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

Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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

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