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NHTSA campaign 09V289000

COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC Recall 09V-289: REFRIGERATOR FIRE/NORCOLD

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V289000 was reported by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC on July 23, 2009, with 932 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Georgie BOY Cruise Master, Georgie BOY Maverick, Georgie BOY Pursuit and more for model years 1999–2003. Owners were notified on September 23, 2008, per NHTSA.

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 09V289000 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.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V289000 (also written 09V-289 or 09V289)
Filed by
COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC
Report received
Potentially affected
932 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Equipment Query EQ08-009 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V289000. 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.

Georgie BOY

  • Georgie BOY Cruise Air

    • 2000 · Vehicles built June 1, 2001 – April 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)
    • 2002 · Vehicles built June 1, 2001 – April 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Georgie BOY Cruise Master

  • Georgie BOY Maverick

    • 2000, 2001, 2002 · Vehicles built June 1, 2001 – April 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Georgie BOY Pursuit

    • 2001, 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built June 1, 2001 – April 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Georgie BOY Suite

    • 2001, 2002 · Vehicles built June 1, 2001 – April 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)
All Georgie BOY recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V289000.

Defect description

COACHMEN IS RECALLING 932 MODEL YEAR (MY) 1999-2003 GEORGIE BOY CRUISE MASTER, MY 2000-2002 MAVERICK AND PURSUIT, MY 2000 & 2002 CRUISE AIR AND MY 2001-2002 SUITE MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH NORCOLD MODEL 1200LRIM REFRIGERATORS, MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 1, 2001 TO DECEMBER 31, 2002, WITH SERIAL NUMBERS BETWEEN 1273701 AND 1536607, NON-CONSECUTIVELY. A FATIGUE FAILURE IN THE SECTION OF THE COOLING UNIT WHICH CONTAINS THE REFRIGERANT COULD ALLOW THE LIQUID SOLUTION TO SLOWLY LEAK. IF A LEAK OCCURS AND THE REFRIGERATOR CONTINUES TO BE OPERATED AFTER SOLUTION CIRCULATION HAS CEASED THE HEAT SOURCE COULD GENERATE VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES. AT SUCH HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE COOLING UNIT COULD RUPTURE.

Safety consequence

IF A LEAK OCCURS AND THE UNIT IS CONTINUES TO OPERATE, HYDROGEN GAS MAY BE EXPELLED AND CAN BE IGNITED, RESULTING IN A FIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

Manufacturer remedy

COACHMEN IS WORKING WITH NORCOLD AND NORCOLD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE VEHICLE'S REFRIGERATOR WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 09E-027). OWNERS MAY CONTACT NORCOLD'S RECALL CENTER AT 1-800-767-9101.

Notes

OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V289000

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.