Dutchmen Equipment: Air Conditioner

Dutchmen is recalling about 142 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. The incorrect connectors may result in the wires coming loose and shorting together, increasing the risk of a fire.

Campaign
17V421000
Manufacturer
Keystone RV Company
Reported
30 June 2017
Vehicles
142
Built between
May 2017 – Jun 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 July 2017
Repaired
88%
Unrepaired
15

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2017 and June 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018 Dutchmen ColemanBuilt May 2017 to June 2017

Repair progress

15 of 142 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2018.

88% repaired — 125 of 142 reported

Scrapped or exported
2

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

Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain model year 2018 Dutchmen Coleman recreational trailers, models 1705RB, 1755FD, 3015BH, 2605RL, 2305QB, 2515RL, 3025RE, and 2855BH. The affected trailers may have been built with incorrect wiring connectors at the air conditioner junction box.

What could happen

The incorrect connectors may result in the wires coming loose and shorting together, increasing the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Keystone will notify owners, and dealers will replace the incorrect crimp style connector with a twist-on style connector, free of charge. The recall began on July 11, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2017 to June 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA30 June 2017
  3. Owners notified11 July 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2018 — 88% 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 30 June 2017.

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 Keystone customer service at 1-866-425-4369. Keystone's number for this recall is 17-291.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
17-291
Recalling manufacturer
Keystone RV 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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