Recall Register

2007 Coachmen Chaparral: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2007 Coachmen Chaparral. The newest campaign is 11V066000. NHTSA received the report on 31 Jan 2011. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 11V066000, in the NHTSA record

Coachmen is working with dimplex to identify and notify any affected owners. Dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on february 21, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539 or coachmen motor works customer service at 1-866-953-5555.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 51,695 units in total.

  1. 11V066000Received . 740 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Coachmen is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 chaparral, model year 2004-2006 somerset, model year 2007-2008 wyoming, model year 2004-2005 santara, and model year 2004-2006 sportscoach elite motor homes and fifth wheel trailers manufactured from october 2003, through september 2007. These vehicles are equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An overheated receiver could cause a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Coachmen is working with dimplex to identify and notify any affected owners. Dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on february 21, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539 or coachmen motor works customer service at 1-866-953-5555.

    Report filed by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 08V639000Received . 13,662 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Coachmen is recalling 13,662 my 2002-2008 motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with glass shower doors and manufactured from june 15, 2001 thorugh august 6, 2007. When pressure is applied to the towel bar on the glass shower door, the edge of the bar may contact the glass.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Glass breakage may occur which could cause personal injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Owners will be provided with new mounting hardware for the towel bar and installation instructions. If an owner is not comfortable replacing the hardware themselves, a dealer will install the hardware at no cost to them. The recall is expected to begin on or about december 19, 2008. Owners may contact coachmen at 1-574-825-5821.

    Report filed by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 08V279000Received . 37,293 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Coachmen is recalling 37,293 motorhomes and fifth wheel travel trailers 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, in the NHTSA record
    Extended operation of a leaking cooling unit could lead to a fire from gas which might escape.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Coachmen is working with dometic in order 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 coachmen at 574-825-5821.

    Report filed by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2007 Coachmen Chaparral: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
1 Feb 2012

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2007 Coachmen Chaparral, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2012, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20001
  2. 20011
  3. 20021
  4. 20041
  5. 20052
  6. 20062
  7. 20073
  8. 20081
  9. 20111
  10. 20120
  11. 20131
  12. 20141
  13. 20150
  14. 20171
  15. 20181
  16. 20194
  17. 20202
  18. 20211
  19. 20222
  20. 20231
  21. 20242
  22. 20251
  23. 20261

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2007 Coachmen Chaparral: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/coachmen/chaparral/2007/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2007 Coachmen Chaparral?
51,695 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Coachmen Chaparral have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Coachmen Chaparral, model years 2000 to 2026. 3 of them name the 2007 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2007 Coachmen Chaparral name most often?
Equipment: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2007 Coachmen Chaparral open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.