1999 SCOTTY TRAILER Recall

Campaign:: 08V174000 on 04/15/2008
Component:: Equipment:recreational vehicle
Manufactured:: 08/31/1997 - 10/29/2000
Affected:: 35
Defect:: Mobile concepts is recalling 35 my 1997-2001 scotty single, double, and triple trailers and my 1998 models 2400 and 2700 trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. the refrigerator 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:: Mobile concepts 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. the manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or mobile concepts at 1-724-542-7640.
Notes:: Customers may also 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.