NHTSA campaign 08V546000
Universal Recall 08V-546: REFRIGERATOR/DOMETIC
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08V546000 was reported by UNIVERSAL TRAILERS, INC. on October 17, 2008, with 1 vehicle potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Universal Elite II for the 2006 model year. Owners were notified on February 3, 2009, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V546000 (also written 08V-546 or 08V546)
- Filed by
- UNIVERSAL TRAILERS, INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1 vehicle (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ08-010 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V546000. 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.
Universal
Universal Elite II
- 2006 · Vehicles built April 5, 2006 – July 22, 2006 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V546000.
Defect description
UNIVERSAL IS RECALLING 1 MY 2006 ELITE II TRAILER VAN EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION. THE REFRIGERATOR MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE. PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) IS PRESENT.
Safety consequence
RELEASE OF COOLANT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD IGNITE AND RESULT IN A FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
UNIVERSAL WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC IN ORDER TO REPAIR THIS REFRIGERATOR (PLEASE SEE 08E032). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THIS REFRIGERATOR BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURN HOUSING, A THERMAL FUSE, AND A MELT FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST THE OWNER IN LOCATING DEALERSHIPS OR SERVICE CENTERS AND WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOMETIC/STERICYCLE AT 1-888-446-5157 OR UNIVERSAL AT 1-909-796-8060.
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 08V546000
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.