Aspen Trail Equipment

Aspen Trail is recalling about 543 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the hose melts it may leak propane, increasing the risk of a fire.

Campaign
13V293000
Manufacturer
Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc.
Reported
3 July 2013
Vehicles
543
Built between
Not published
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 August 2013
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.

  • 2013-2014 Aspen Trail Travel Trailer
  • 2013-2014 Coleman Travel Trailer
  • 2013-2014 Dutchmen Travel Trailer

What the defect is

Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Aspen 1400RB, 1500BH, 1600RB, 2110RBS, 2470BHS and 3010BHDS travel trailers; certain model year 2013-2014 Coleman CTS14FD, CTS15BH, CTS16BH and CTS16QB travel trailers and certain model year 2013-2014 Dutchmen 190QB, 282RBS, 286BHGS, 318RKDS and 816QB travel trailers. Heat from the range burner may melt the propane supply hose.

What could happen

If the hose melts it may leak propane, increasing the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Dutchmen will notify owners and dealers will install a copper line to the propane connection in the burner, free of charge. The recall began on August 7, 2013.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA3 July 2013
  2. Owners notified7 August 2013

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 3 July 2013.

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 Dutchmen at 1-574-537-0600. Dutchmen's recall number is 13-195.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
13-195
Recalling manufacturer
Dutchmen Manufacturing, 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

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 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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