Recall Register

Aqua-Hot: equipment recalls

NHTSA lists 2 equipment recall campaigns for Aqua-Hot. NHTSA received the reports from 1998 to 2005. The campaigns have 8,911 units in total. The newest campaign is 05E027000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Apr 2005.

NHTSA recall lookup

The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.

NHTSA recall file through .

Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 8,911 units in total.

  1. 05E027000Received . 6,973 units.

    Equipment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain vehicle systems aqua-hot and hydro-hot heaters manufactured between december 1, 2002, and april 1, 2005, equipped with webasto dbw 2010 diesel-burner (burner tube). The walls of the burner tube can deteriorate and fail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Failure of the burner tube can result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle systems will notify customers and replace the burner tube with a new one free of charge. The recall began april 11, 2005. Owners may contact vehicle systems at 1-800-685-4298.

    Products named: Hydro-Hot; Aqua-Hot.

    Report filed by VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98E011000Received . 1,938 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Furnace

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Equipment description: heating systems used on motor homes. The fiberglass insulating material located under the burner head on the floor of the aqua-hot heating system enclosure as well as on the back side of the access doors for the electric heating element and thermostats can become soaked with fluids (ethylene glycol and/or diesel fuel), increasing the risk of an electrical short.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition can result in a fire in the vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will remove the insulation material from beneath the heating system as well as from behind the control thermostat and heating element access covers.

    Products named: Aqua Hot 431; Aqua Hot 411.

    Report filed by VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Counts

Aqua-Hot equipment campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1998, with 1 campaign.

Products in the campaigns

The product names in the NHTSA file.

  • 4111
  • 4311

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Aqua-Hot: equipment recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/other/aqua-hot/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC..

The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Aqua-Hot products do the campaigns name?
The NHTSA records have 2 product names for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is: 411
How many units does a Aqua-Hot equipment campaign have?
The median Aqua-Hot campaign has 6,973 units. The median of all 2,866 equipment campaigns is 1,677 units.
Which component do the Aqua-Hot campaigns name most often?
Equipment, in 2 campaigns. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.