2005 Coachmen Somerset: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2005 Coachmen Somerset. 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.
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. 14,566 units in total.
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: .
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: .
05V394000Received . 164 units.
Wheels / Rim
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain fifth wheel trailers equipped with tredit wheels, the rims may have poor weld quality and insufficient press fit between the wheel rim and disc.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The center of the wheel could separate from the rim. The wheel may wobble and cause a vibration or the mounted tire could lose air causing the tire to go flat, resulting in a loss of control of the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Coachmen is working with tredit tire to notify owners and have the wheels replaced with a 16" steel rim wheel. The recall began on september 21, 2005. Owners may contact coachmen 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.
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.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 |
- 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
- 22 Sep 2014
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.
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.
- 20001
- 20011
- 20021
- 20041
- 20053
- 20061
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2005 Coachmen SomersetThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2005 Coachmen Somerset: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/coachmen/somerset/2005/. 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
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2005 Coachmen Somerset?
- 14,566 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 Somerset have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Coachmen Somerset, model years 2000 to 2006. 3 of them name the 2005 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2005 Coachmen Somerset name most often?
- Wheels: 1 of 1 component mention.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2005 Coachmen Somerset open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.