NHTSA campaign 10V626000

Carriage Recall 10V-626: REFRIGERATORS/POSSIBLE FIRE/NORCOLD

NHTSA recall 10V626000 was reported by CARRIAGE, INC on December 17, 2010, with 2,360 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Carriage Royals, Carriage Carri-Lite, Carriage Carriage and more for model years 1997–1999, 2001–2011. Owners were notified on March 9, 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 10V626000 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: 10V626000 (also written 10V-626 or 10V626)
Filed by: CARRIAGE, INC
Report received: December 17, 2010
Potentially affected: 2,360 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Owners notified: March 9, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V626000. 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.

Carriage

Carriage C-Force
- 2006, 2007, 2008
Carriage Cameo
- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Carriage Carri-Lite
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Carriage Carriage
- 1997, 1998, 1999
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Carriage Carriage LS
- 2001, 2002
Carriage Royals
- 1997, 1998, 1999
- 2002, 2003, 2004
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

All Carriage recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V626000.

Defect description

CARRIAGE IS RECALLING CERTAIN FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH 1200-SERIES NORCOLD REFRIGERATORS. THE POPULATION OF REFRIGERATORS BEING ADDRESSED CONTAINS EITHER A SENSING ALGORITHM OR THERMAL SWITCH TO SHUT OFF POWER TO THE REFRIGERATOR WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE DETECTED IN ORDER TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL FIRE. THE RESPONSE TIMES OF THE SENSOR ALGORITHM AND THERMAL SWITCH DEVICES TO STOP POWER ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

Safety consequence

THE SENSING ALGORITHM OR THERMAL SWITCH INSTALLED TO SHUT OFF POWER TO THE REFRIGERATOR WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE DETECTED DUE TO A POSSIBLE HYDROGEN GAS LEAK MAY NOT SHUT OFF IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREVENT A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

CARRIAGE IS WORKING WITH NORCOLD TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY ANY AFFECTED OWNERS. OWNERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT NORCOLD DEALERS TO RECEIVE THE REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE SEE NORCOLD'S DEFECT REPORT 10E-049 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 9, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NORCOLD 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 10V626000

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.