Sundowner Sunlite Lq 2000
Model Sunlite Lq made in 2000 by Sundowner got 3 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to equipment and structure. There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 2000
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 07V111000 | SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC. | from 04/01/1997 to 08/31/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 5254 | 05/30/2007 | MFR | SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC. | 03/19/2007 | 03/19/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain recreational, cargo, and horse 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 | Sundowner 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 sundowner at 1-800-654-3879. | |||||||||||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | |||
| 04/03/2008 | 6 | ||
| Dometic has a recall on the rv type 2 door refrigerator model rm2652 that was installed by sundowner trailers mfg. in my sierra 720 / 8010 living quarters horse trailer. this recall is due to a possible fatigue crack in the boiler/gas tube that would potentially become a torch if escaping gases got to an ignition source, which also resides at the boiler tube location as this is a combo gas/electric appliance, causing a vehicle fire. dometic has come up with a work around bandaid, which would, hopefully, shut down the gas flow by installing a sensor near or on the boiler tube to detect the gas leak. hopefully, this would happen before the entire unit became a 70mph ball of flames which would cause injury and / or death to my surprise winning show horses which would value into the $100,000.00 range. i am absolutely scared to subject my horses to that kind of potential danger in hopes that dometic's bandaid will work. if this were just another rv that didn't transport valuable live stock, i wouldn't worry so much about it as i do carry insurance. however, to take this chance with several lives, i just don't think it is worth it ! your attention into this matter would be greatly appreciated. please reply so that i know which direction to proceed... thank you. *tr | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 03/20/2009 | |||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 sundowner sunlite lq. the contact noticed that rust was flaking from the frame/floorboard of the vehicle. she called the technician and was informed that he had to replace 70 vehicles with identical bodies due to this failure. it would cost between $5,000 to $6,0000 to re-weld the frame. the contact is in the process of having her vehicle inspected. the failure and current mileages were not applicable. | |||
| TIRES | |||
| 09/11/2008 | 500 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 sundowner sunlite lq horse trailer. the vehicle has carlisle tires. while driving 60 mph, the rear driver's side tire blew out. prior to the failure, all of the tires in the first set blew out. the contact has maintained the proper amount of air pressure in the tires. carlisle would like the contact to remove all of the tires from his motor home and forward them, which means he would have to purchase tires again. the tire size and dot number were unknown. the failure mileage was 500. | |||