NHTSA campaign 11V053000

Coachmen Recall 11V-053: CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE OVEN/DOMETIC

NHTSA recall 11V053000 was reported by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC on January 21, 2011, with 365 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Coachmen Brookstone for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on January 20, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V053000 (also written 11V-053 or 11V053)
Filed by: COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC
Report received: January 21, 2011
Potentially affected: 365 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Owners notified: January 20, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V053000. 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.

Coachmen

Coachmen Brookstone
- 2010, 2011

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V053000.

Defect description

COACHMEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 BROOKSTONE TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH DOMETIC CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE OVEN. THE CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE OVEN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. THE BLOWER UNIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROTATED TO 180 DEGREES TO DIRECT THE EXHAUST OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE CONVENTIONAL OVEN, PRIOR TO INSTALLING THE APPLIANCE.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD PRESENT A RISK OF A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE OVEN AND IF THE DEFECT IS PRESENT, THE BLOWER TUBE WILL BE ROTATED TO COMPLY WITH THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING FEBRUARY 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT COACHMEN AT 574-825-8360.

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 11V053000

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.