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1996 Safari Continental

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › recreational vehicle/trailer › lpg systems › furnace. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace1
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1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace98V167009
Filed Mar 31, 1999413 vehiclesSafari Motor Coaches, Inc.

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).

Risk. IF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURS, A FIRE COULD RESULT.

Remedy. 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.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace
Filed Jun 3, 1999CA

RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT COMPLETED PROPERLY (98V-167009), INSULATION WAS LEFT BEHIND. MJS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011200Routine
20001610Routine
19994400Routine
19971200Routine
1996 — this page1100Routine

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No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

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Most recent recall on file: Mar 31, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.