NHTSA Campaign 13V638000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
NHTSA campaign 13V638000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer. The repair is free.
Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc filed the report for 13V638000 with NHTSA on December 19, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V638000, NHTSA lists up to 222 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 13V638000 were scheduled from January 17, 2014, 29 days after the report.
13V638000 covers 1 model from Tiffin, model years 2013–2014.
Owners of the model years 13V638000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V638000 vehicles, the 2013 Tiffin Allegro has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V638000 ranks 39 of 59 Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 13V638000, Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc has 19 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 13V638000 was 13V178000, reported on May 7, 2013.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Allegro 33AA motorhomes equipped with an electric fireplace. In the affected vehicles, the fireplace may ignite a piece of exposed wood inside the electric fireplace.
- The risk
- If the exposed piece of wood ignites, the rest of the motorhome could also catch fire.
- The fix
- Tiffin will notify owners, and dealers will install a heat shield to keep heat from the exposed wood, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Tiffin at 1-256-356-8661.
Reported December 19, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V638000 (2)
Tiffin (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V638000, 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: December 19, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted