NHTSA Campaign 10V587000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
NHTSA campaign 10V587000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer. The repair is free.
KEYSTONE RV COMPANY filed the report for 10V587000 with NHTSA on November 17, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V587000, NHTSA lists up to 4,770 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V587000 were scheduled from December 10, 2010, 23 days after the report.
10V587000 covers 4 models from Keystone, model years 2010–2011.
Owners of the model years 10V587000 covers have filed at least 8 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V587000 vehicles, the 2010 Keystone Fuzion has the most (4).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V587000 ranks 4 of 27 KEYSTONE RV COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 10V587000, KEYSTONE RV COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 10V587000 was 10V478000, reported on October 5, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- KEYSTONE IS RECALLING CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH 1200-SERIES NORCOLD REFRIGERATORS. THE POPULATION OF REFRIGERATORS BEING ADDRESSED CONTAINS EITHER A SENSING ALGORITHM OR THERMAL SWITCH TO SHUT OFF POWER TO THE REFRIGERATOR WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE DETECTED IN ORDER TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL FIRE. THE RESPONSE TIMES OF THE SENSOR ALGORITHM AND THERMAL SWITCH DEVICES TO STOP POWER ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.
- The risk
- THE SENSING ALGORITHM OR THERMAL SWITCH INSTALLED TO SHUT OFF POWER TO THE REFRIGERATOR WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE DETECTED DUE TO A POSSIBLE HYDROGEN GAS LEAK MAY NOT SHUT OFF IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREVENT A FIRE.
- The fix
- KEYSTONE IS WORKING WITH NORCOLD TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY ANY AFFECTED OWNERS. OWNERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT NORCOLD DEALERS TO RECEIVE THE REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE SEE NORCOLD'S DEFECT REPORT 10E-049 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 10, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NORCOLD AT 1-800-767-9101 OR KEYSTONE AT 866-425-4369.
- Notes
- KEYSTONE SAFETY RECALL NO. 10-150.
Reported November 17, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V587000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V587000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: November 17, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted