| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 8629 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: NORCOLD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009658000085583000000330 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: N260 | Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99E036000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER | Manufacturer That Filed Report: NORCOLD INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Aug, 01 1992 | End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 15 1999 |
| Report For : E | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 127035 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 05 1999 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Norcold Inc. | Report Received Date: Oct, 18 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 27 1999 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Equipment description: gas/electric absorption refrigerators used in recreational vehicles and camping trailers. the swivel nut which is an integral connection component of a pressure tap device has "stress corrosion cracking." | Consequence Summary: This cracking can lead to an open fracture in the brass nut, potentially allowing propane gas to leak. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove the swivel nut/pressure tap component and replace with a remedy kit. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began november 5, 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 norcold at 1-937-497-3080. 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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