Coachmen Electrical System: Fuses and Circuit Breakers

Coachmen is recalling about 80 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. This could lead to a fire, property damage, or personal injury.

Campaign
10V433000
Manufacturer
COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC
Reported
22 September 2010
Vehicles
80
Built between
Jun 2010 – Aug 2010
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 October 2010
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2010 and August 2010. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2011 Coachmen Cross CountryBuilt June 2010 to August 2010
  • 2011 Coachmen EncounterBuilt June 2010 to August 2010
  • 2011 Coachmen MiradaBuilt June 2010 to August 2010
  • 2011 Coachmen PathfinderBuilt June 2010 to August 2010

What the defect is

Coachmen is recalling certain model year 2011 mirada, encounter, cross country, and pathfinder travel trailers manufactured from june 28, 2010, through august 26, 2010, and manufacturer with siemens and murray brand one inch plug-in circuit breakers, single and double pole, 15 through 50 amps, manufactured between june 23 and july 2, 2010. The house type circuit breakers may be faulty and heat up and cause a fire.

What could happen

This could lead to a fire, property damage, or personal injury.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REMOVE ALL BREAKERS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION PANEL AND INSPECT EACH BREAKER AND REMOVE AND/OR REPLACE WITH A NEW BREAKER FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING OCTOBER 2010.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2010 to August 2010
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 September 2010
  3. Owners notified11 October 2010

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 September 2010.

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 coachmen RV customer service at 1-800-453-6064.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC
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.

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