Norcold Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Norcold is recalling about 25,294 vehicles over a problem with the equipment.

Campaign
83E017000
Manufacturer
STOLLE CORPORATION
Reported
19 October 1983
Vehicles
25,294
Built between
Mar 1983 – Aug 1983
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 October 1983
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 1983 and August 1983. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Norcold NorcoldBuilt March 1983 to August 1983

What the defect is

Circuits in the control panel may develop shorts.

What gets fixed

OWNERS OF ALL RECALLED REFRIGERATORS WILL RECEIVE A FIRE RESISTANT COVER FOR THE CONTROL PANEL WHICH THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL. IN CASE OF INSTALLATION PROBLEMS, RV DEALERS CAN BE USED TO PERFORM INSTALLATION.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 1983 to August 1983
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA19 October 1983
  3. Owners notified18 October 1983

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 19 October 1983.

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
STOLLE CORPORATION
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 category: recreational vehicles and camping trailers.system: equipment; gas/electric refrigerators.consequences of defect: a fire could start and injure persons nearby as well asdamage parts of equipment.note: refrigerator should not be used in the AC mode until cover has beenreplaced.

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.

Same component

Same brand