Recall Detail
FLEETWOOD / FOLDING TRAILER / 1996
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 9598 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FLEETWOOD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009676000085706000000330 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: FOLDING TRAILER | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V287001 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FLEETWOOD FOLDING TRAILER |
| Start date of Manufacturing: -- | End date of Manufacturing: -- |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 66788 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : -- | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : FTCA, Inc. | Report Received Date: Oct, 20 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 29 1999 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: recreational vehicles using gas/electric absorption refrigerators supplied by norcold. 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 : Norcold is conducting the notification and remedy for this recall. dealers will remove the swivel nut/pressure tap component and replace with a remedy kit. | Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during november 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 or 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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