Recall Register

2004 Coachmen Freelander: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2004 Coachmen Freelander. The newest campaign is 08V639000. NHTSA received the report on 4 Dec 2008. 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, 08V639000, 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.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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

4 campaigns, newest first. 51,165 units in total.

  • 08V639000Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
  • 08V279000Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
  • 04V515000Engine and Engine Cooling
  • 04V119000Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

  1. 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: .

  2. 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: .

  3. 04V515000Received . 88 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On motor homes built on ford e-series chassis, the air filter element material process resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in filter paper composition combined with the configuration of the air induction system, may allow hot carbon particles to contact the air filter element during certain driving conditions that create hot particles.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    These hot particles may ignite the air filter element with the potential for air induction system damage or underhood fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Ford is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will inspect and replace the air filter element. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673 or coachmen at 219-825-5821.

    Report filed by COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 04S23.

  4. 04V119000Received . 122 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain class c mini-motorhomes, the wiring harness routed between the back of the refrigerator and the refrigerator cabinet could come in direct contact with the refrigerator burner tube and cooling unit.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If contact occurs, the wire insulation material may melt, due to the operating temperature of the burner tube and cooling unit which could lead to a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will relocate the wire harness. The recall begaon on march 29, 2004. Owners should contact winnebago at 1-800-453-6064.

    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.

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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.

2004 Coachmen Freelander: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
14 Nov 2004

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 2004 Coachmen Freelander, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, 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. 20044
  2. 20053
  3. 20062
  4. 20072
  5. 20081
  6. 20092
  7. 20102
  8. 20111
  9. 20121
  10. 20132
  11. 20143
  12. 20153
  13. 20163
  14. 20173
  15. 20182
  16. 20193
  17. 20202
  18. 20212
  19. 20222
  20. 20232

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. 2004 Coachmen Freelander: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/coachmen/freelander/2004/. 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
29 Mar 2018
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 2004 Coachmen Freelander?
51,165 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Coachmen Freelander have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Coachmen Freelander, model years 2004 to 2023. 4 of them name the 2004 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Coachmen Freelander name most often?
Equipment: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Coachmen Freelander open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.