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NHTSA campaign 05V231000

AMERICAN CARRIAGE INC. Recall 05V-231: BURNER TUBES/VEHICLE SYSTEMS/WEBASTO

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V231000 was reported by AMERICAN CARRIAGE INC. on May 20, 2005, with 7 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the American Carriage Xlii, American Carriage H3-45 and Prevost H3-45 for model years 2003–2005.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V231000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V231000 (also written 05V-231 or 05V231)
Filed by
AMERICAN CARRIAGE INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
7 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer — LPG Systems — Water Heater

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V231000. 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.

American Carriage

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Prevost

All Prevost recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V231000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN BUSES BUILT ON PREVOST CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE SYSTEMS' AQUA-HOT AND HYDRO-HOT WATER HEATERS, WHICH USE WEBASTO BURNER TUBES, THE BURNER TUBES DO NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS AND COULD FAIL PREMATURELY.

Safety consequence

THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST TUBE EXITING FROM THE HEATER CAN INCREASE AND COULD POTENTIALLY IGNITE COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS IN OR AROUND THE VEHICLE.

Manufacturer remedy

VEHICLE SYSTEMS IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VEHICLE SYSTEMS AT 1-800-685-4298 OR AMERICAN CARRIAGE AT 1-800-631-0951.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V231000

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.