Recall Register

2004 Damon Daybreak: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2004 Damon Daybreak. The newest campaign is 08V534000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Oct 2008. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has 2 complaints 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, 08V534000, in the NHTSA record

Damon will be 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 damon at
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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 33,027 units in total.

  • 08V534000Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
  • 07V130000Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
  • 06V451000Engine and Engine Cooling
  • 06V132000Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel

  1. 08V534000Received . 4,677 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Damon is recalling 4,677 my 2004-2006 challenger, daybreak, intruder, my 2004-2005 escaper, ultrasport, and my 2005 astoria and astoria waldorf motor homes 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
    Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Damon will be 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 damon at

    Report filed by DAMON CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 07V130000Received . 25,128 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain travel trailers and motor homes 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, in the NHTSA record
    Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Damon 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 damon at 1-800-860-3812.

    Report filed by DAMON CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 06V451000Received . 1,517 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with GM 8.1l v8 engines, improper hardening during the heat treatment process can cause the fuel rail pulse damper retainer clip to fracture, resulting in inadequate retention of the damper. If the damper becomes loose, fuel could be pumped by the fuel pump into the under hood area.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could result.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Chevrolet and workhorse are handling the owner notification and remedy for this campaign (please see 06v225 and 06v289). Dealers will replace the fuel rail pulse damper retainer clips on these engines free of charge. Owners may contact chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, workhorse at 877-294-6773, or damon at 1-574-264-5517.

    Report filed by DAMON CORPORATION.

  4. 06V132000Received . 1,705 units.

    Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 101, "controls and displays" and no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." if the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1.5v, the brake failure lamp and alarm will be activated. Also activation of the ABS telltale when the ABS is not properly functioning does not always occur.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Damon is working with workhorse to contact the owners and remedy this campaign . Workhorse will reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. Owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731 or damon at 1-800-860-3812.

    Report filed by DAMON CORPORATION.

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Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 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 Damon Daybreak: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Service Brakes, Air1
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
17 Jul 2008

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 Damon Daybreak, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2007, 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. 19972
  2. 19983
  3. 19993
  4. 20003
  5. 20012
  6. 20022
  7. 20033
  8. 20044
  9. 20053
  10. 20064
  11. 20074
  12. 20084
  13. 20094
  14. 20103
  15. 20113

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 Damon Daybreak: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/damon/daybreak/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
DAMON CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2004 Damon Daybreak?
33,027 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Damon Daybreak have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Damon Daybreak, model years 1997 to 2011. 4 of them name the 2004 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Damon Daybreak name most often?
Service Brakes, Air: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Damon Daybreak open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.