1997 NEWELL MOTOR HOME Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 98V167007 on 01/10/1999
- Component:
- Equipment:recreational vehicle:lpg furnace
- Affected:
- 119
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with aqua-hot heating systems, model 431-3 zone with engine loop. fiberglass insulating material located under the burner head on the floor of the heater enclosure, can become soaked with fluids (ethylene glycol and/or diesel fuel).
- Consequence:
- If an electrical short occurs, a fire could result.
- Correction:
- Vehicle systems inc. will conduct the owner notification for this campaign. dealers will remove the insulation from beneath the diesel heating unit as well as from behind the control thermostat and air-conditioning heating element access covers.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began july 30, 1998. owners who take their motor homes to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newell at 1-888-363-9355 or vsi at 1-800-685-4289.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 00V215003 on 08/23/2000
- Component:
- Steering:linkages
- Manufactured:
- 10/31/1995 - 04/29/1999
- Affected:
- 104
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana steering relay levers. the levers can develop surface cracking.
- Consequence:
- This cracking condition could cause a portion of the steering lever to break off, possibly causing loss of steering control.
- Correction:
- Dealers will replace the steering relay levers.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began september 15, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newell coach at 1-918-542-3344. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 00V330000 on 10/26/2000
- Component:
- Steering:linkages:knuckle:spindle:arm
- Manufactured:
- 10/31/1995 - 08/30/1998
- Affected:
- 80
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana ifs suspensions. one of the four studs used to attach the spindle to the front suspension wishbones has broken.
- Consequence:
- If two studs break, the spindle is no longer attached to the a-frame and the suspension could then collapse, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Dealers will replace all studs and nuts, using longer studs.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began october 19, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newell at 10918-542-3344.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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