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NHTSA campaign 11V571000

Starcraft Recall 11V-571: EVAPORATOR ASSEMBLIES/POSSIBLE FIRE

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 11V571000 was reported by STARCRAFT BUS on December 1, 2011, with 1,204 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Starcraft Allstar, Starcraft Allstar XL, Starcraft Elf and more for model years 2006–2010. Owners were notified on November 16, 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 11V571000 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
11V571000 (also written 11V-571 or 11V571)
Filed by
STARCRAFT BUS
Report received
Potentially affected
1,204 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment — Appliance — Air Conditioner
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Equipment Query EQ11-002 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V571000. 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.

Starcraft

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V571000.

Defect description

STARCRAFT IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 AND 2007 TRANSIT BUSES BUILT ON FORD AND FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS. DUE TO TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND/OR VIBRATION, THE FUSE MAY LOOSEN IN THE FUSE HOLDER RESULTING IN HIGH RESISTANCE AND ARCING.

Safety consequence

IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND A VEHICLE FIRE MAY OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

STARCRAFT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE RETROFIT KIT FROM CARRIER ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2011. (SEE CARRIER'S RECALL CAMPAIGN 11E-003.) OWNERS MAY CONTACT CARRIER AT 1-800-348-7440.

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 11V571000

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.