2000 Featherlite Trailer: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2000 Featherlite Trailer. The newest campaign is 10V573000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Nov 2010. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has no 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, 10V573000, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite trailers is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for additional information. The recall began on december 9, 2010. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or featherlite trailers at 1-877-903-1444.
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. 3,149 units in total.
10V573000Received . 4 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite trailers is recalling certain trailers equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected in order to prevent a potential fire. The response times of the sensor algorithm and thermal switch devices to stop power are not sufficient.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The sensing algorithm or thermal switch installed to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected due to a possible hydrogen gas leak may not shut off in sufficient time to prevent a fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite trailers is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for additional information. The recall began on december 9, 2010. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or featherlite trailers at 1-877-903-1444.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V265004Received . 3,145 units.
Trailer Hitches
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: trailers equipped with tekonsha or bargman breakaway switch assemblies. The subject switches are base parts 2011 and 2011p, and are branded tekonsha (2011) and bargman (50-85-009). These may be packaged in kit numbers 1026, 1028, 2011-23, 2028-23, 2011p, 2011ap, 20005, 20010, 20015, 20020, 2026, 2026-lb, 2028, 1026-lb, 50-85-200, 50-85-201, 50-85-250, 5061404, 5061406, 5061407, 5061408, 5061410, 5061506, 5061507, 5061508, 5067406, 5067407, 5067408, 5067409, and 5067410. The internal switching mechanism may fail to make proper contact and provide electrical continuity when the breakaway pin is pulled. This condition may result in no electrical power to the trailer brakes in the event of a trailer breakaway situition and could occur without warning.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a trailer breaking loose from a tow vehicle, the malfunction of a breakaway switch could result in a vehicle crash, personal injury, property damage or both.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the defective breakaway device with new breakaway kits free of charge.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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Complaints by component
The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
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Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
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
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- NHTSA page of the 2000 Featherlite TrailerThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Featherlite Trailer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/featherlite/trailer/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
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- 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
- FEATHERLITE, INC.
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Featherlite Trailer?
- 3,149 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Featherlite Trailer have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Featherlite Trailer, model years 1999 to 2012. 2 of them name the 2000 model year.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Featherlite Trailer open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.