2000 Sundowner Cargo

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Body	1		0	0	0
Structure	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer07V111000

Filed Mar 19, 20075,254 vehiclesSundowner Trailers, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN RECREATIONAL, CARGO, AND HORSE TRAILERS 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.

Risk. RELEASE OF COOLANT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD IGNITE AND RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. SUNDOWNER 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 SUNDOWNER AT 1-800-654-3879.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure

Filed Oct 20, 201050,000 milesVA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SUNDOWNER VALUELITE TRAILER (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED GAGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

Structure › Body

Filed Apr 30, 2010NH

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SUNDOWNER CARGO VALUE LITE TRAILER. THE CONTACT INSPECTED HER HORSE TRAILER AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS DETERIORATING; THE STEEL PART OF THE TRAILER HAD RUSTED. THE TRAILER HAD NO RECALLS FOR THAT FAILURE.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2003	0	1	Routine
2002	0	1	Routine
2001	0	1	Routine
2000 — this page	2	1	Routine
1999	0	1	Routine
1998	0	1	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 19, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.