2003 COACHMEN RV MODEL 2652 SERIAL # 21703167 DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR THAT IS ON RECALL. THE RECALL # IS 06E-076, RECALL 08E-032. EARLIER THIS YEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL I WENT INTO MY CAMPER AND I SMELLED A STRONG SCENT OF AMMONIA. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT SERVICE AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE LINE IN BACK OF FRIDGE PROBABLY BUSTED WHICH FILLED THE RV WITH AMMONIA. THEY TOLD ME TO TURN MY UNIT OFF UNTIL THE REFRIDGERATOR COULD BE FIXED OR REPLACED AND THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1200. RECENTLY I FOUND OUT FROM A FRIEND THAT MY REFRIGERATOR WAS ON THE RECALL LIST. WHEN I WENT TO THE WEB SITE AND LOOKED UP THE RECALL, THE REFRIGERATOR HAD EVERY SYMPTOM LISTED. (1) LEAKAGE IN BACK OF UNIT (2) YELLOW RESIDUE IN BACK OF UNIT (3) SMELL OF AMMONIA (4) UNIT WILL NOT COOL. #6 ON THE RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT IF YOU PREVIOUSLY PAID TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR THAT FAILED DUE TO THIS DEFECT, YOU CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR YOUR COSTS PURSUANT TO DOMETIC'S PRE-NOTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. I HAVE NOT HAD THE UNIT FIXED BECAUSE OF THE COST BUT IF THEY ARE WILLING TO REIMBURSE FOR THE COST THEN THEY SHOULD ALSO FIX IT AT NO COST. I CONTACTED THE RV DEALER THIS MORNING AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE RV TO THEM TO BE FIXED BUT ON ARRIVAL WAS TOLD THEY COULD PUT HEAT SHIELD ON THE UNIT BUT THAT THE COST OF FIXING THE UNIT SO THAT IT WOULD WORK WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND THEREFORE PUTTING THE HEAT SHIELD ON THIS WOULD NOT HELP MY UNIT. THEY SAID THAT I COULD PAY THE
2003 Coachmen Spirit OF America
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsI BOUGHT A TRAVEL TRAILER CAMPER MADE 3 VACATION TRIPS AND HAD 3 FLATS ON TIRES # ST 175/80/R13. THE FLAT TIRE DAMAGED THE RIM AND FENDER SKIRT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH GOODYEAR ON REPLACING THE TIRES AND FENDER SKIRT. *TR
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.