Nu Wa Discover America 2004
Model Discover America made in 2004 by Nu Wa got 6 consumer complains as well as 2 recalls. Consumer complaints with reference to tires. . There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 2004
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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| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | ||||||||||||||||
| 04V089000 | NUWA INDUSTRIES INC. | from 10/01/2003 to 01/31/2004 | V (Vehicle) | 120 | ODI | NU WA INDUSTRIES, INC. | 02/20/2004 | 03/04/2004 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain fifth wheel trailers equipped with polar mach and polar cub air conditioners, the solar panel rubber well nuts could fracture the plastic shroud in the immediate area of the attachment hole. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The rubber well nuts could pull out of the plastic shroud, causing the solar panel to leave the top of the motor home, and increasing the risk of a road hazard or a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Airxcel will reinforce the solar panels with metal mounting brackets free of charge. 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 airxcel at 719-676-2326 or nuwa at 1-800-835-0676. | |||||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||||
| 08V359000 | NU WA INDUSTRIES, INC. | from 06/01/2003 to 09/30/2006 | V (Vehicle) | 4370 | 11/13/2008 | ODI | NU WA INDUSTRIES, INC. | 07/21/2008 | 07/31/2008 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Nu wa is recalling certain my 2004-2007 recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. the refrigerator 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 | If this solution is exposed to an ignition source under certain specific circumstances, it can result in a vehicle fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Nu wa is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). 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 the owner 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 nu wa at 1-620-431-2088. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| TIRES | |||
| 08/11/2011 | 33755 | ||
| On aug. 11,2012 while towing my 5th wheel hitchhiker trailer at about 1800 hours at a speed of about 65 mph at mm106 eastbound on i-94 near miles city, mt. in the right lane, a fellow driver in the left lane pulled along side of me & rapidly honked his horn & pointing at my trailer. i looked in my rear looking left mirrior & the trailer& was still tracking straight & i felt no pulling on the truck by the trailer. i pulled off at the next off ramp a short distance away as the traffic was on the busy side. after getting pulled over i looked at my trailer tires on the drivers side & discovered that the front axle tire, drivers side had blown out. the tire was gone off of the rim except for the tire beads on both sides of the rim. the rear axle tire had a large bulge in the tread area. i called my roadside service to come out & replace the tire with my spare ( this was now at about 2130 hours & very dark so we drove to the next rest area to spend the night as i didn't want to drive the interstate in the dark with no spare. i drove to a tire shop in miles city & had both left tire replaced with new ones, the tire shop then examined the right side tires & found that the rear one had read seperation, then both right side tires were replaced with new ones. the 4 relaced tires were replaced in 2008 by goodyear under warranty with new tires because of tread cracking in the groves. i feel the tire blew because of tread seperation. damage to my trailer included w/well skirt broke & was torn loose, w/well water membrane was heavily damaged, directional light wiring torn, black water drain tube cover torn off and the side of the trailer was heavily blackened by the whipping of the blown tire tread before being thrown off to who knows where. the two pieces of the blown tire bead have been sent to goodyear via fed ex, the tire dealer in miles city has the other 3 tires until such time as what goodyear wants to do with them. | |||