Open Range Equipment: Labels

Open Range is recalling about 39 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the drain valve is left open, sewer gas may fill the recreational vehicle, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

Campaign
15V840000
Manufacturer
Open Range R.V. Company
Reported
14 December 2015
Vehicles
39
Built between
Jun 2013 – May 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
1 February 2016
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2013 and May 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2014-2015 Open Range 3XBuilt June 2013 to May 2014

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q1 2016.

100% repaired — 39 of 39 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

Open Range R.V. Company (Open Range) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 3X recreational trailers, model 388RKS, manufactured June 12, 2013, to May 1, 2014, and equipped with a side vented sewer drainage system termination valve. The affected vehicles may be missing a caution label to inform the operator not to leave the drain valve open to prevent an escape of sewer gas.

What could happen

If the drain valve is left open, sewer gas may fill the recreational vehicle, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

What gets fixed

Open Range will notify owners and send them the missing label, free of charge. The recall began on February 1, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2013 to May 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 December 2015
  3. Owners notified1 February 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2016 — 100% 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 14 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 Open Range customer service at 1-260-768-7771.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Open Range R.V. Company
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.

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