SEA Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Sea is recalling about 9,610 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. A flammable shower curtain may further fuel a fire, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
16E067000
Manufacturer
Shower Enclosures America, Inc.
Reported
27 July 2016
Vehicles
9,610
Built between
Feb 2012 – Jul 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 July 2016
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2012 and July 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • SEA Arcadia Shower CurtainBuilt February 2012 to July 2016

What the defect is

Shower Enclosures America, Inc. (SEA) is recalling certain Arcadia shower curtains manufactured February 1, 2012, to July 15, 2016. These shower curtains may not adequately resist catching fire in the presence of an ignition source. As such, these curtains fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 302, "Flammability of Interior Materials."

What could happen

A flammable shower curtain may further fuel a fire, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

SEA has notified the recreational vehicle companies that purchased and installed the shower curtains, and their dealers will replace the shower curtains with shower curtains made with fire retardant, free of charge. The recall began on July 11, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2012 to July 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA27 July 2016
  3. Owners notified11 July 2016

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 27 July 2016.

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 SEA customer service at 1-800-536-7324 extension 3032.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Shower Enclosures America, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 302
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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