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Equipment Query EQ08-010: DOMETIC CORPORATION TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATO

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ08-010 on June 23, 2008 and closed it on December 3, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists 8 Dometic models for it and links 83 recalls to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
EQ08-010 (also written EQ08010)
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 December 3, 2008
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Dometic Corporation
Component
Equipment — Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Recalls linked by NHTSA
Vehicles and equipment
8 Dometic models, including the NDR1062 and RM2652

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ08-010.

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ON 04/11/08 DOMETIC FILED A DEFECT REPORT STATING CERTAIN TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATORS CONTAIN A BOILER TUBE THAT MAY FATIGUE AND DEVELOP A CRACK.SHOULD A CRACKED BOILER TUBE RELEASE A CONCENTRATED AMOUNT OF COOLING LIQUID AND AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, A FIRE MAY OCCUR. A FIRE CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. RMD MAILED INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS TO 227 COMPANIES ON 7/1/2008 AND AGAIN ON 9/30/2008.

FROM THOSE MAILINGS, 78 COMPANIES INSTALLED THESE REFRIGERATORS INTO MOTOR VEHICLES AND SUBSEQUENTLY FILED DEFECT REPORTS WITH NHTSA, 89 COMPANIES SUBMITTED WRITTEN RESPONSES BUT WERE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE A DEFECT REPORT, AND 28 COMPANIES FAILED TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO RMD'S INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS.32 LETTERS WERE UNDELIVERABLE.NOTES FOR EACH MAILING CAN BE FOUND ATTACHED BELOW OR IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY.THIS EQ IS CLOSED.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ08-010. 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.

Dometic

  • Dometic NDR1062

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM2652

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM2662

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM2852

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM2862

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM3662

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM3663

    • model year not given

  • Dometic RM3862

    • 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 EQ08-010

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.