NHTSA campaign 09V300000
Itasca and Winnebago Recall 09V-300: REFRIGERATOR FIRE/NORCOLD
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 09V300000 was reported by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. on July 29, 2009, with 1,547 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Itasca Horizon, Itasca Sunflyer, Winnebago Chieftain and more for model years 2001–2003. Owners were notified on August 31, 2009, 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 09V300000 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
- 09V300000 (also written 09V-300 or 09V300)
- Filed by
- WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,547 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 09V300000. 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.
Itasca
Itasca Horizon
Itasca Suncruiser
- 2003 · Vehicles built May 10, 2001 – March 26, 2003 (per NHTSA)
Itasca Sunflyer
Itasca Sunrise
Winnebago
Winnebago Adventurer
Winnebago Brave
Winnebago Chieftain
Winnebago Journey
Winnebago Journey DL
Winnebago Ultimate Advantage
Winnebago Ultimate Freedom
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V300000.
Defect description
WINNEBAGO IS RECALLING 1,547 MODEL YEAR 2001-2003 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 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
WINNEBAGO 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 09V300000
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.