1999 FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN Recalls (2)
- Campaign:
- 99V165002 on 11/30/1999
- Component:
- Service brakes, hydraulic:switches:brake warning
- Manufactured:
- 03/08/1999 - 04/11/1999
- Affected:
- 70
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: motor homes built on a ford chassis. the brake system warning indicator lamp is not in the correct position in the instrument cluster. this does not meet the requirements of fmvss no. 105, "hydraulic brake systems."
- Consequence:
- The bulb/socket assembly may not function properly.
- Correction:
- Dealers will place the brake system warning indicator lamp in the correct position.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began april 21, 1999.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 forest river at 1-219-296-7700. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 07V085000 on 03/06/2007
- Component:
- Equipment:recreational vehicle
- Affected:
- 128,000
- Defect:
- Certain recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
- Consequence:
- Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
- Correction:
- Forest river will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. dometic has retained stericycle inc. to manage this campaign. stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600,
- Notes:
- Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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