Recall Register

1998 Gulf Stream Friendship: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship. The newest campaign is 10V584000. NHTSA received the report on 22 Nov 2010. 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, 10V584000, in the NHTSA record

Gulf stream 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 march 23, 2011. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or gulf stream at 1-574-773-7761.
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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. 40,134 units in total.

  1. 10V584000Received . 1,328 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Gulf stream is recalling certain recreational vehicles and fifth wheel 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
    Gulf stream 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 march 23, 2011. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or gulf stream at 1-574-773-7761.

    Report filed by GULF STREAM COACH, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 07V136000Received . 38,767 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers 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
    Gulf stream 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. The recall began on june 28, 2007. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or gulf stream at 1-574-773-7761.

    Report filed by GULF STREAM COACH, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 06V178000Received . 39 units.

    Steering

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain class a motor homes built on a spartan chassis, the steering gear support bracket has the potential to fail when subject to the repetitive forces of static steering conditions.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Loss of steering control could occur increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Spartan chassis is conducting this recall (please see 06v156000) and will replace the steering support bracket free of charge. Owners may contact spartan at 517-543-6400.

    Report filed by GULF STREAM COACH, INC..

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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.

1998 Gulf Stream Friendship: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Steering1
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
27 Dec 2007

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 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship, 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. 19891
  2. 19901
  3. 19951
  4. 19960
  5. 19972
  6. 19983
  7. 19994
  8. 20003
  9. 20013
  10. 20024
  11. 20034
  12. 20044
  13. 20056
  14. 20065
  15. 20073
  16. 20081
  17. 20091
  18. 20241

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. 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gulf-stream/friendship/1998/. 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
GULF STREAM COACH, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship?
40,134 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Gulf Stream Friendship have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Gulf Stream Friendship, model years 1989 to 2024. 3 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship name most often?
Steering: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Gulf Stream Friendship open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.