Real Lite Equipment: Lines and Fittings

Real Lite is recalling about 330 vehicles over a problem with the equipment.

Campaign
77V138000
Manufacturer
JUNO IND., INC.
Reported
8 September 1977
Vehicles
330
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
29 August 1977
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1975-1977 Real Lite Real Lite

What the defect is

On the involved vehicles, the water heater is mounted at the extreme rear position of the motorhome. Because of its position, vibrations could cause the copper l.p. Gas line supplying the water heater to break, allowing l.p. Gas to leak into the interior of the vehicle.

What gets fixed

DEALER WILL INSTALL A STEEL "U" BRACKET AND FOUR BOLTS TO REINFORCE THE WATER HEATER AND REDUCE VIBRATIONS, WITHOUT CHARGE.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA8 September 1977
  2. Owners notified29 August 1977

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 8 September 1977.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
JUNO IND., 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

Vehicle description: motorhomes.system: fuel; l.p. Gas line.consequences of defect: the l.p. Gas could ignite and an explosion or firecould occur, causing serious injury or death.

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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