- Vehicles
- 1
- Built between
- Oct 2013 – Nov 2013
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 15 February 2016
- Repaired
- 0%
- Unrepaired
- 1
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between October 2013 and November 2013. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2013 Bloomer Horse TrailerBuilt October 2013 to November 2013
Repair progress
1 of 1 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2017.
0% repaired — 0 of 1 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Trail Boss Conversions, Inc. (Trail Boss) is recalling one model year 2013 Bloomer Horse Trailer manufactured October 1, 2013, to November 29, 2013, and equipped with an Atwood on-demand water heaters. The affected water heater has a water and gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap.
What could happen
The overheating of the water may result in the release of steam, possibly causing the operator is to scald themselves and increasing the risk of injury.
What gets fixed
Trail Boss will notify the owner and an Atwood dealer will install a remedy kit, free of charge. The recall began on February 15, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtOctober 2013 to November 2013
- Recall reported to NHTSA11 December 2015
- Owners notified15 February 2016
- Latest repair reportQ2 2017 — 0% repaired
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 11 December 2015.
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 Trail Boss customer service at 1-816-690-7133, or Atwood customer service at 1-574-264-2131.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Trail Boss Conversions, 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 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.