1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat. The newest campaign is 03V166000. NHTSA received the report on 8 May 2003. 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, 03V166000, in the NHTSA record
Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement cooling unit free of charge. 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 norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005 or monaco at 574-862-7211.
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. 619 units in total.
03V166000Received .
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain motorhomes, fifth wheels and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim, these refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly leaking from the sealed, pressurized cooling unit through a small crack.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If a leak occurs and the unit is continually operated, hydrogen gas may be expelled and can be ignited, resulting in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement cooling unit free of charge. 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 norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005 or monaco at 574-862-7211.
Report filed by MONACO COACH CORP..
03V102000Received . 221 units.
Equipment / Other / Labels
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain motor homes, the PSI recorded on the federal certification label is incorrect. The initial label shows PSI as 90 lbs front and 100 rear. The correct information should be a PSI of 105 front and 115 rear.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These vehicles do not comply with the regulations.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a corrected label on these motor homes. Owner notification began on april 28, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free label within a reasonable time should contact monaco at 1-877-466-8226.
Report filed by MONACO COACH CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number R03008. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
98V232000Received . 398 units.
Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: motor homes built on a roadmaster chassis. Inadequate bracing was used to secure the fuel tank. The brace could fail allowing one end of the fuel tank to loosen from its position and hang lower than the other end.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The fuel tank could eventually separate from the vehicle and drop to the ground, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install an additional brace under the fuel tank.
Report filed by MONACO COACH CORP.. 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 |
|---|---|
| Visibility | 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
- 23 May 2002
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.
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 1998 Monaco Coach DiplomatThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/monaco-coach/diplomat/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
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- MONACO COACH CORP.
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 1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat?
- 619 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Monaco Coach Diplomat have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Monaco Coach Diplomat, model years 1998 to 2011. 3 of them name the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat name most often?
- Visibility: 1 of 1 component mention.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Monaco Coach Diplomat open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.