NHTSA campaign 10V653000

Excel Recall 10V-653: PLUG IN REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER FOR FIREPLACE

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 10V653000 was reported by PETERSON INDUSTRIES, INC. on December 20, 2010, with 271 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Excel Limited, Excel Wild Cargo, Excel Classic and more for model years 2002–2011. Owners were notified on February 15, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V653000 (also written 10V-653 or 10V653)
Filed by
PETERSON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
271 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
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 10V653000. 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.

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V653000.

Defect description

PETERSON INDUSTRIES, INC. IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2002 THROUGH 2011 EXCEL FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS, MODELS LIMITED, CLASSIC, WINSLOW, AND WILD CARGO, 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

AN OVERHEATED RECEIVER COULD CAUSE A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

PETERSON IS WORKING WITH DIMPLEX TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY ANY AFFECTED OWNERS. DIMPLEX WILL PROVIDE OWNERS A FREE REPLACEMENT PLUG-IN REMOTE CONTROL KIT. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 15, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DIMPLEX NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-888-346-7539 PETERSON AT 1-785-282-6825.

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 10V653000

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.