NHTSA campaign 03V109000

Country Coach Recall 03V-109: COUNTRY COACH/ITR/HURRICANE HOT WATER HEATER

NHTSA recall 03V109000 was reported by COUNTRY COACH INC on March 26, 2003, with 485 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Country Coach Affinity, Country Coach Allure, Country Coach Bus Conversion and more for model years 2002–2004.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 03V109000 (also written 03V-109 or 03V109)
Filed by: COUNTRY COACH INC
Report received: March 26, 2003
Potentially affected: 485 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 03V109000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Country Coach

Country Coach Affinity
- 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Country Coach Allure
- 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Country Coach Bus Conversion
- 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Country Coach Intrigue
- 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Country Coach Lexa
- 2003 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Country Coach Magna
- 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)

All Country Coach recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 03V109000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH INTERNATIONAL THERMAL RESEARCH (ITR)HURRICANE HOT WATER HEATERS, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOARD MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT SAFETY FEATURES IN SOME OF THE SYSTEMS PROTECTING AGAINST OVERHEATING AND POTENTIAL FIRE SITUATION.

Safety consequence

IF THE SAFETY FEATURES DO NOT SHUT DOWN PROPERLY, THE HEATING SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE HEATING, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

THE DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOARD WILL BE REPLACED. IN THE MEANTIME, CUSTOMERS SHOULD TURN THE SYSTEM OFF USING THE MASTER ON/OFF SWITCH LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOX WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE HEATER. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR MOTORHOMES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT ITR AT 1-800-755-1272 OR COUNTRY COACH AT 1-800-547-8015.

Notes

ALSO, CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 03V109000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.