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NHTSA campaign 10V615000

UNIVERSAL TRAILERS, INC. Recall 10V-615: PLUG-IN REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER/DIMPLEX

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 10V615000 was reported by UNIVERSAL TRAILERS, INC. on December 9, 2010, with 57 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Ribbon Living Quarter, Cherokee Living Quarter, Cimarron Living Quarter and more for model years 2004–2008. Owners were notified on March 18, 2011, 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 10V615000 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
10V615000 (also written 10V-615 or 10V615)
Filed by
UNIVERSAL TRAILERS, INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
57 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Equipment Query EQ10-006 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V615000. 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.

Blue Ribbon

  • Blue Ribbon Living Quarter

All Blue Ribbon recalls

Cherokee

  • Cherokee Living Quarter

All Cherokee recalls

Cimarron

  • Cimarron Living Quarter

All Cimarron recalls

Elite

  • Elite Living Quarter

All Elite recalls

EXISS/SOONER

  • EXISS/SOONER Living Quarter

All EXISS/SOONER recalls

Featherlite

  • Featherlite Living Quarter

All Featherlite recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V615000.

Defect description

SIERRA IS RECALLING CERTAIN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH DIMPLEX ELECTRAFLAME, SYMPHONY, OR OPTIFLAME BRANDED ELECTRIC FIREPLACES, STOVES, AND FIREPLACE INSERTS. THE PLUG IN REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER FOR THE FIREPLACE CAN OVERHEAT.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

SIERRA IS WORKING WITH DIMPLEX AND WILL PROVIDE OWNERS A FREE REPLACEMENT PLUG-IN REMOTE CONTROL KIT. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 16, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DIMPLEX NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-888-346-7539.

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 10V615000

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.