Dutchmen Equipment

Dutchmen is recalling about 327 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. An excessive heat build up can increase the risk of injury.

Campaign
19V206000
Manufacturer
Keystone RV Company
Reported
18 March 2019
Vehicles
327
Built between
Oct 2018 – Feb 2019
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
5 April 2019
Repaired
68%
Unrepaired
50

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2018 and February 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019 Dutchmen Aspen TrailBuilt October 2018 to February 2019
  • 2019 Dutchmen ColemanBuilt January 2019 to February 2019

Repair progress

50 of 327 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

68% repaired — 221 of 327 reported

Scrapped or exported
56

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 2019 Dutchmen Aspen Trail and Coleman recreational trailers, equipped with a Capital cooktop inside the unit as the main cooking appliance. When the furnace is on, the cooktop flames may become inverted, which may lead to an excessive heat build up and a potential burn hazard.

What could happen

An excessive heat build up can increase the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Keystone has notified owners, and dealers will replace the Capital cooktop with an alternate cooktop, free of charge. The recall began April 5, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2018 to February 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA18 March 2019
  3. Owners notified5 April 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 68% 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 18 March 2019.

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 19-348.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
19-348
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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