- Vehicles
- 51
- Built between
- Aug 1998 – Aug 1999
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 17 August 1999
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 1998 and August 1999. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1999-2000 Coachmen PhoenixBuilt August 1998 to August 1999
What the defect is
Vehicle description: 5TH wheel trailers equipped with kitchen slide-outs. The plumbing that supplies liquid propane (lp) gas to the refrigerator consists of a flexible lp hose connected to a copper fitting that connects to a copper tube that then runs to the refrigerator. The copper fitting is fastened to the slide-out room wall with clamps to prohibit movement of the copper line and insure that as the slide-out room is extended and retracted, the flexible gas line moves and not the copper line. The clamps intended to hole the copper line in place have not been installed causing the copper gas line to flex with slide-out room movement.
What could happen
The copper line could crack allowing lp gas to leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT FITTING WITH A "DROP EAR" FITTING FOR DIRECT ATTACHMENT TO THE SLIDE-OUT SIDEWALL, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR THE CLAMPS.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 1998 to August 1999
- Recall reported to NHTSA12 August 1999
- Owners notified17 August 1999
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 12 August 1999.
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
- COACHMEN 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
Owner notification began august 17, 1999.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact coachmen AT1-800-453-6064. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
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.