| NHTSA Record Id: 12791 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: FLEETWOOD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008864000081711000000332 |
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| Model Name: GRAND TOUR |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V263000 |
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| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:TANK ASSEMBLY |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 16 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 16 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 8602 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 09 1998 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : FTCA, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Oct, 20 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 21 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: folding travel trailers equipped with molded gas bottle cover assemblies. the upper molded gas bottle cover lid can become disengaged from the plastic pan during transit due to improper attachment of the lower rubber hold-down straps, severe wind turbulence, or vibration. |
Consequence Summary: This lid could fall onto the roadway creating a road hazard. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will add a positive locking device to secure the upper molded gas bottle cover lid to the lower plastic pan. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin november 9, 1998.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 fleetwood folding trailers at 1-814-445-9661. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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