NHTSA campaign 08V078000
Newmar Recall 08V-078: RANGES/CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING/ATWOOD
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08V078000 was reported by NEWMAR CORPORATION on February 22, 2008, with 109 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Newmar All Star Diesel Pusher, Newmar Bay Star, Newmar Canyon Star CA and more for model years 2008–2009.
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 08V078000 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
- 08V078000 (also written 08V-078 or 08V078)
- Filed by
- NEWMAR CORPORATION
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 109 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V078000. 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.
Newmar
Newmar All Star Diesel Pusher
Newmar Bay Star
Newmar Canyon Star CA
Newmar Dutch Star DP
Newmar Kountry Aire FW
Newmar Kountry Star Diesel Pushe
- 2009 · Vehicles built December 11, 2006 – February 1, 2008 (per NHTSA)
Newmar Kountry Star DP
- 2008 · Vehicles built December 11, 2006 – February 1, 2008 (per NHTSA)
Newmar Torrey Pine FW
Newmar Ventana DP
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V078000.
Defect description
NEWMAR IS RECALLING 109 MY 2008-2009 BAY STAR, CANYON STAR KOUNTRY AIRE, TORREY PINE, VENTANA DIESEL PUSHER, ALL STAR DIESEL PUSHER, KOUNTRY STAR DIESEL PUSHER, AND DUTCH STAR DIESEL PUSHER CLASS A MOTOR HOMES AND FIFTH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH ATWOOD SEALED BURNER RANGES. THE RANGE AND SLIDE-IN BURNER TUBES LEADING FROM THE GAS MANIFOLD TO THE BURNER HEADS HAD A DEPRESSION OR "KINK" IN THE EXTERIOR BEND RESTRICTING PROPER AIRFLOW AND GAS MIXTURE.
Safety consequence
THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
Manufacturer remedy
NEWMAR IS WORKING WITH ATWOOD TO HAVE THE TUBES REPLACED ON THESE RANGES (PLEASE SEE 07E030). OWNERS MAY CONTACT ATWOOD AT 1-800-348-7418 OR NEWMAR AT 574-773-7791.
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 08V078000
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.