Newmar Dutch Star 2003
Model Dutch Star made in 2003 by Newmar got 3 consumer complains there are 9 recalls as well as 2 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to engine and engine cooling, equipment. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment. There were some recalls concerningequipment, seat belts and service brakes, air.
Model 2003
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 | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| 05V170000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 12/01/2002 to 04/01/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 935 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 04/25/2005 | 04/25/2005 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain class a motor homes equipped with vehicle systems' aqua-hot and hydro-hot water heaters, which are equipped with webasto burner tubes, the burner tubes do not meet specifications and could fail prematurely. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Should the burner tube fail, the coolant heater could overheat, possibly resulting in a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Vehicle systems is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. owners may contact vehicle systems at 1-800-685-4298 or newmar at 574-773-7719. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| 09V324000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 03/05/2002 to 04/03/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 493 | 06/22/2009 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 08/11/2009 | 08/11/2009 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Newmar is recalling certain model year 2003 and 2004 motor homes and recreational vehicle trailers manufactured between march 5, 2002 and april 3, 2003, equipped with certain norcold refrigerators. the coolant solution in these cooling units can escape. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If a leak occurs and the unit continues to operate, hydrogen gas may be expelled and can be ignited, resulting in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Newmar is working with norcold to notify owners and the vehicles will be repaired free of charge. the remedy campaign will be conducted by norcold. the safety recall campaign began on october 19, 2009. owners may contact norcold service center at 1-800-767-9101 or newmar at 1-574-773-7791. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
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| 07V075000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 04/01/1997 to 05/31/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 16190 | 01/30/2008 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 03/05/2007 | 03/05/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain class a and diesel pusher motor homes and fifth wheel 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Newmar 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 newmar at 1-574-773-7791. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 04V403000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | V (Vehicle) | 315 | 10/01/2004 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 08/17/2004 | 08/18/2004 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain motor homes, during manufacturing, the seat belt shoulder harness attachment location for the passenger seat was not properly welded or attached. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a crash, the shoulder harness may become loose or unattached causing serious injury to anyone in the passenger seat. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a new plate over existing by drilling four attachment holes on each side of new plate and add securing bolts. this recall began october 1, 2004. owners may contact newmar at 1-574-773-7791. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - SUPPLY | ||||||||||||||||
| 05V263000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | V (Vehicle) | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 06/02/2005 | 06/08/2005 | ||||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain motor homes equipped with ametek ngi gauges, the air gauges are not properly calibrated and the low air warning indicator may be activated when actual air reservoir pressure readings are below the federal motor vehicle safety standard required range of 60 to 65psi. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This may cause the parking brake to engage without warning, thus throwing the passenger forward, creating the potential for injury to occupants. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Spartan is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. dealers will install a harness jumper cable to each air sender. owners may contact spartan at 800-543-4277 or newmar at 574-773-7719. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | ||||||||||||||||
| 02V188000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 05/20/2002 to 06/24/2002 | V (Vehicle) | 41 | 07/29/2002 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 07/12/2002 | 07/23/2002 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain class a, diesel pusher, motor homes built on freightliner chassis, the wheel well liners being installed on the front tire wells, required the air line assembly on the ifs to be moved to allow the attachment of the liners to the chassis. during this process, it has been found that if the air bags are completely deflated, the tire could rub the air line supplying air to the brakes. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could cause the line to fail resulting in a loss of brakes, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will detach the support bracket for the air line that supplies the brake and move the bracket inboard 3 and reattach by welding. owner notification began july 29, 2002. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newmar at 1-800-731-8300. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - SWITCHES - BRAKE WARNING | ||||||||||||||||
| 03V064000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 08/31/1999 to 09/26/2002 | V (Vehicle) | 1227 | 04/14/2003 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 03/26/2003 | 03/17/2003 | 571 | 105 S5.3 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Certain motor home chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, hydraulic and electric brake systems. the brake system warning indicator may not function as required by standard. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In some of the affected vehicles, the brake system warning indicator will not illuminate when the ignition is in the start position or for a low brake fluid condition, if the body builder relied solely upon ford's ivm compliance statement for the brake system warning indicator. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will revise the brake warning lamp circuit. owner notification began april 14, 2003. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newmar at 1-574-773-7791. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | ||||||||||||||||
| 02V198000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | from 03/14/2002 to 06/07/2002 | V (Vehicle) | 88 | 07/31/2002 | MFR | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 07/25/2002 | 07/26/2002 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain diesel pusher, and class a motorhomes, a bracket securing the tv in place in the front overhead cabinet above the driver may not support the weight of the tv. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The tv could become loose and fall out on the driver causing a loss of control of the vehicle and bodily injury. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will remove the tv from the front overhead cabinet and replace the installation brackets. owner notification began july 31, 2002. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact newmar at 1-800-731-8300. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||||||||||||
| 08V025000 | NEWMAR CORPORATION | V (Vehicle) | 5575 | ODI | NEWMAR CORPORATION | 01/24/2008 | 01/24/2008 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain class a motor homes constructed on ford f-53ty1 and p131 motor home chassis and equipped with speed control, the speed control deactivation switch may overheat. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Overheating could result in smoke or burn and an underhood fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Newmar is working with ford in conducting this recall. ford will install a fused wiring harness into the speed control system free of charge. owners may contact ford at 1-866-436-7332 or newmar at 574-773-7791. (note: also see ford recalls 05v017, 05v388, and 06v286) | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Newmar recall no. 05s28.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| 343 | 06/02/2008 | 10025862 | Newmar corporation: all motorized rv. a thermal limit switch is added to certain 1200 lr, 1200 lrim, and 1201 lrim refrigerators to prevent possible excess or overheating conditions in the heater area of the cooling unit to exceed a certa | 09/11/2008 | |
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | |||||
| 344 | 06/04/2008 | 10025861 | Newmar corporation: all motorized equipped with norcold refer. change cooling unit heating element vendors; there is a new style electric heating element that must be used in certain new cooling units. *pe | 09/11/2008 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 03/14/2003 | 1 | ||
| The valve attached to the cooling system leaked water. the part was camouflaged with bubble gum. *jb | |||
| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 07/17/2008 | 29923 | 1 | |
| Our dometic refrigerator for our rv model#ndr1062 s/n24200040 leaked all of its coolant from a failure in the cooling tubes and dometic refuses to repair the leak - did not admit on phone that there was any fatigue in the weld and now we find there is a recall on this refrigerator due to weld fatigue but they fail to repair our refrigerator at their cost. *tr | |||
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | |||
| 07/17/2008 | 29923 | 1 | |
| Our dometic refrigerator for our rv model#ndr1062 s/n24200040 leaked all of its coolant from a failure in the cooling tubes and dometic refuses to repair the leak - did not admit on phone that there was any fatigue in the weld and now we find there is a recall on this refrigerator due to weld fatigue but they fail to repair our refrigerator at their cost. *tr | |||