NHTSA campaign 09V443000

Tiffin Recall 09V-443: REFRIGERATOR FIRE/NORCOLD

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V443000 was reported by TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC. on November 17, 2009, with 528 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Tiffin Allegro Bay, Tiffin Allegro Bus, Tiffin Phaeton and more for model years 2001–2003. Owners were notified on December 7, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V443000 (also written 09V-443 or 09V443)
Filed by: TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC.
Report received: November 17, 2009
Potentially affected: 528 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Owners notified: December 7, 2009
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 09V443000. 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.

Tiffin

Tiffin Allegro
- 2003
Tiffin Allegro Bay
- 2002, 2003
Tiffin Allegro Bus
- 2001, 2002
Tiffin Phaeton
- 2002, 2003
Tiffin Zephyr
- 2002, 2003

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V443000.

Defect description

TIFFIN IS RECALLING CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH NORCOLD MODEL 1200LR AND 1200LRIM REFRIGERATORS, MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 1, 2001, 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

TIFFIN IS WORKING WITH NORCOLD AND TIFFIN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE VEHICLE'S REFRIGERATOR WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY NORCOLD. PLEASE SEE NORCOLD'S DEFECT REPORT 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 09V443000

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.