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NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Equipment Query EQ08-009: NORCOLD, INC ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ08-009 on May 30, 2008 and closed it on October 6, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Norcold models for it and links 19 recalls to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
EQ08-009 (also written EQ08009)
Investigation type
Equipment Query An administrative investigation that reviews recall reports to confirm that the equipment suppliers and vehicle manufacturers involved in an equipment recall have filed the recall reports required of them.
Status
Closed October 6, 2008
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Norcold Inc.
Component
Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Recalls linked by NHTSA
Vehicles and equipment
3 Norcold models, including the 1200LR and 1200Lrim

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ08-009.

ON 03/25/08 NORCOLD FILED A DEFECT REPORT STATING CERTAIN ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS MAY EXPERIENCE A REFRIGERANT LEAK.IF A REFRIGERATOR CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITHOUT REFRIGERANT LIQUID, VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN OCCUR POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FIRE.AS MANY OF THESE REFRIGERATORS ARE INSTALLED IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, A FIRE CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. RMD MAILED INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS TO 21 VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS ON 6/17/2008.

OF THOSE RESPONSES, MONACO COACH, COACHMEN, TRAVEL UNITS, & WINNEBAGO HAD FILED DEFECT REPORTS PRIOR TO RECEIVING RMD'S NOTICE, ALFA LEISURE'S LETTER WAS RETURNED AS THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS ON 4/30/2008, AND SEVERAL COMPANIES WERE BOAT MODIFIERS THAT WOULD NOT FILE DEFECT REPORTS WITH NHTSA.10 VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS FILED A DEFECT REPORT WITH NHTSA AND NOTIFIED THEIR CUSTOMER BASE ACCORDINGLY. THIS EQUIPMENT QUERY IS CLOSED. IR RESPONSES CAN BE FOUND BELOW OR IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ08-009. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.

Norcold

  • Norcold 1200LR

    • model year not given

  • Norcold 1200Lrim

    • model year not given

  • Norcold 1201Lrim

    • model year not given

What an NHTSA investigation is

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.

An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for EQ08-009

Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.