Dutchmen Trailer 1995

Model Trailer made in 1995 by Dutchmen got 5 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to equipment and structure. There was one recall concerning equipment .

Trailer year 1995

Recalls
Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 1995

Recalls

Campaign	Manufacturer	Manufacturing date	Type	# of units affected	Date Owner notified Mfg	Recall Initiated by	Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products	Report Recieved Date	Record Creation Date
EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - LPG FURNACE
04V015000	DUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.	from 01/01/1995 to 11/30/2003	V (Vehicle)	21508	02/20/2004	MFR	DUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.	01/05/2004	01/13/2004
Defect Summary	On certain traveltrailers equipped with suburban furnaces, the furnace exhaust vent may not be present.
Consequence Summary	When the furnace is in use this could allow carbon monoxide fumes to vent into the trailer, which could result in serious injury or death to the passengers.
Corrective Summary	Owners and dealers will inspect for the presence of the exhaust vent and for hot exhaust air escaping from the furnace exhaust. the recall began february 20, 2004. owners should contact dutchmen at 1-219-534-1224.
Notes	Customer's can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
07/12/2005		1	01/01/2000
	Dt: the contact received a recall letter on 7-12-05 regarding the gas refrigerator on 1995 dutchmen trailer. he contacted the dealer immediately after receiving the recall letter. the dealer has been trying to get the parts since then. the manufacturer kept telling the dealer they will have the parts in three weeks, and another time it will be four weeks. the recall was in regard to a part called the controlled gas valve. the recall stated that the contact not use the refrigerator because of a chance of an explosion occurring. the consumer could not use the trailer because of this delay, and wished to file a complaint about the untimely repair work for this safety recall. the manufacturer of the refrigerator is norcold, reference number: 77776269.*ak
STRUCTURE
08/28/2005	1	2	06/01/1995
	copy of email to thor corp a little back ground, during our warranty period, we contacted thor industries reference leaking water into the roofing system. i was told by customer service that a recall of the roofs was order and notices were sent to owner. when i mentioned that we never received a notice about recall, your customer service rep stated that because we didn't respond, we were not eligible for the recall. i asked which address they showed on file (which was the correct address), she mentioned that there was nothing they could do. because of the response, i just went out and re-chalked the roof (and re-chalk, and re-chalked, year after year). the plastic covering of the roof has cracked in so many places that no matter have much i chalk water has still continued to leak. the camper is use once a year for 4 days during a state horse show. the rest of the time, the camper is covered. well, this past weekend, while at the show, the roof collapsed (thank god we had the extra support arms in place) trapping my wife and daughter in the camper. doing a little research, we find that this isn't the first instance of roof collapse dutchmen has experienced (see link: http://www.killerpop-up.com/ ) robert barrett reply from thor corp dear mr. barrett: i would first like to sincerely apologize for both the issues you have had with your trailer and for the apparent misinformation you have received. i am very interested in knowing who gave you the information that there has been a recall on the roof of your trailer. we have not ever issued a recall on the roof of your trailer. as for the statement that you have not contacted us in a timely manor, i do not understand since we did not ever issue a recall. again we do apologize for the inconvenience this has caused, however since the leak issue is related to lack of maintenance we are unable to assist in the repairs. *nm
STRUCTURE - BODY - HOOD - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
07/20/2004		2
	We have a 1995 dutchman pop up camper, i have read on the internet that there are many others that have had the same problems with them collapsing and the roof being dry rotted this also happened to my family (july 2004) thankfully no one was hurt. this camper is decaying and a piece of garbage because of fatly manufacturing. it was fixed and had to have outside brackets put on because the wood is such pore condition, it is once again unusable because of problems with the roof again, they told us it needs a new roof. please invested and help all of use that have these campers. thank you, wiley & mary vanhooser. *jb
STRUCTURE - BODY - ROOF AND PILLARS
07/15/1997	150	4
	The roof top had absorbed water and the wood rotted on the sides next to the lift arms and caused the roof to be very dangerous to raise and not safely usable after only a year and half of new product purchase and being dealer serviced. *jb
08/21/2005	0	2	08/01/1995
	Due to the design of dutchman pop-up camper roofs for this year, water is allowed to enter roof causing wood to rot and failure of roof supports. there is the potential for serious injury and/or death because of the weight of the roof.

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
IN	RICHMOND	47374	TOM RAPER	765-966-8361
NJ	BERLIN	08009	STONE'S CAMPER WORLD
WA	KENT	98031	WATTS RV	253-854-7026