Recall Register

2003 Dutchmen Trailer: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2003 Dutchmen Trailer. The newest campaign is 04V015000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Jan 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Furnace. 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, 04V015000, in the NHTSA record

Owners and dealers will inspect for the presence of the exhaust vent and for hot exhaust air escaping from the furnace exhaust. The recall began february 20, 2004. Owners should contact dutchmen at 1-219-534-1224.

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

2 campaigns, newest first. 25,022 units in total.

  1. 04V015000Received . 21,508 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Furnace

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain traveltrailers equipped with suburban furnaces, the furnace exhaust vent may not be present.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    When the furnace is in use this could allow carbon monoxide fumes to vent into the trailer, which could result in serious injury or death to the passengers.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Owners and dealers will inspect for the presence of the exhaust vent and for hot exhaust air escaping from the furnace exhaust. The recall began february 20, 2004. Owners should contact dutchmen at 1-219-534-1224.

    Report filed by DUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 03V179000Received . 3,514 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring / Fuses and Circuit Breakers

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain fifth wheel and travel trailers, the ground fault circuit interrupter (gfi) outlet was improperly wired.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The failure of the gfi outlet to work properly could cause a person using an electrical device plugged into the gfi outlet to be exposed to an electrical shock if such person or the electrical device comes into contact with water.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will repair the outlets. If the vehicle is not mobile, dutchmen may authorize a certified electrician to perform the repair at the site of the trailer. Owner notification began august 22, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact dutchmen at dutchmen at 1-574-537-0700.

    Report filed by DUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.. 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

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.

2003 Dutchmen Trailer: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires1
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
12 Jun 2006

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 2003 Dutchmen Trailer, 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. 19920
  2. 19951
  3. 19961
  4. 19971
  5. 19981
  6. 19991
  7. 20001
  8. 20011
  9. 20022
  10. 20032
  11. 20041

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. 2003 Dutchmen Trailer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dutchmen/trailer/2003/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
DUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Dutchmen Trailer?
25,022 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Dutchmen Trailer have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Dutchmen Trailer, model years 1992 to 2004. 2 of them name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Dutchmen Trailer name most often?
Tires: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Dutchmen Trailer open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.