NHTSA campaign 15V764000
Evergreen Recall 15V-764: Water Heater May Scald Operator
NHTSA recall 15V764000 was reported by EverGreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC on November 17, 2015, with 1,656 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Evergreen Amped, Evergreen Bay Hill, Evergreen Element and more for model years 2013–2015. Owners were notified on January 14, 2016, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 15V764000 (also written 15V-764 or 15V764)
- Filed by
- EverGreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,656 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 15V764000. 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.
Evergreen
Evergreen Amped
Evergreen Bay Hill
Evergreen Element
Evergreen Ever-Lite
Evergreen I-Go
Evergreen Lifestyle
Evergreen Reactor
Evergreen Sun Valley
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 15V764000.
Defect description
EverGreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC (EverGreen) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Bayhill, Lifestyle, Amped, I-Go, Sun Valley, Element, Reactor, and Ever-Lite recreational vehicles manufactured June 1, 2013, to August 31, 2015, equipped with Atwood on-demand water heaters. The affected water heaters have a water and gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap.
Safety consequence
The overheating of the water may result in the release of steam, possibly causing the operator is to scald themselves and increasing the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
EverGreen will notify owners, and dealers will install a hot water heater rework kit to remedy the safety risk, free of charge. The recall began on January 14, 2016. Owners may contact EverGreen customer service at 1-574-825-4298.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 15V764000
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.