1999 National RV Sea Breeze: recalls and complaints

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1. 07V230000Received 4 Jun 2007. 21,326 units.

   Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

   Defect, in the NHTSA record

   Certain 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

   National RV 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 owners 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 national RV at 1-800-999-7260, ext. 4335. The national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA), an agency of the united states department of transportation, has been notified that national RV, INC. And its holding company, national RV holdings, INC., have filed for bankruptcy. Nhtsa has been advised that owners who wish to pursue claims related to safety recall repair work on their national RV vehicles may file a proof of claim with the united states bankruptcy court for the central district of california, riverside division. The case number assigned to this matter is 07-17941. The proof of claim form and instructions are available online at the court's website www.cacb.uscourts.gov. Additional information about the bankruptcy and its proceedings may also be found at www.omnimgt.com/nationalrv. National RV's phone number is (951) 943-6007. Information about safety recalls on national RV's products may be found at www.safercar.gov. The NHTSA wishes to advise owners of recalled products that, in the interests of their safety and the safety of the motoring public, all safety recall work should be performed on motor vehicles and items of equipment.

   Report filed by NATIONAL RV, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 17 Jan 2008.

2. 01V285000Received 5 Sep 2001. 1,272 units.

   Trailer Hitches

   Defect, in the NHTSA record

   Vehicle description: fifth wheel trailers. The trailer pin box steel structure could fail at the welds or tubular steel structure due to fatigue.

   Consequence, in the NHTSA record

   This could lead to separation of the steel tubes comprising the gooseneck and partial or complete detachment of the pin box connection between the tow vehicle and the fifth wheel gooseneck steel structure.

   Remedy, in the NHTSA record

   Dealers will reinforce the gooseneck structural steel assembly. Owner notification began october 17, 2001. 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 national RV at 1-800-439-3653. The national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA), an agency of the united states department of transportation, has been notified that national RV, INC. And its holding company, national RV holdings, INC., have filed for bankruptcy. Nhtsa has been advised that owners who wish to pursue claims related to safety recall repair work on their national RV vehicles may file a proof of claim with the united states bankruptcy court for the central district of california, riverside division. The case number assigned to this matter is 07-17941. The proof of claim form and instructions are available online at the court's website <a href=http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov>http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov</a> . Additional information about the bankruptcy and its proceedings may also be found at <a href=http://www.omnimgt.com/nationalrv>http://www.omnimgt.com/nationalrv</a> . National RV's phone number is (951) 943-6007. Information about safety recalls on national RV's products may be found at www.safercar.gov. The NHTSA wishes to advise owners of recalled products that, in the interests of their safety and the safety of the motoring public, all safety recall work should be performed on motor vehicles and items of equipment.

   Report filed by NATIONAL RV, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 17 Oct 2001.

3. 99V279000Received 14 Oct 1999. 2,950 units.

   Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting

   Defect, in the NHTSA record

   Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with a model 1546 liquid propane gas (lpg) tank installed. The tank bracket can fail and could subsequently detach completely from the vehicle.

   Consequence, in the NHTSA record

   This could cause a fire.

   Remedy, in the NHTSA record

   Dealers will install bolt-on brackets.

   Report filed by NATIONAL RV, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 12 Dec 1999.

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.

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.

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

13 Apr 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.

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.

1. 19781
2. 19791
3. 19801
4. 19811
5. 19821
6. 19831
7. 19841
8. 19852
9. 19861
10. 19960
11. 19971
12. 19983
13. 19993
14. 20002
15. 20011
16. 20021
17. 20031
18. 20061
19. 20071
20. 20080

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 National RV Sea Breeze?

25,548 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.

How many recall campaigns does the National RV Sea Breeze have for all model years?

NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the National RV Sea Breeze, model years 1978 to 2008. 3 of them name the 1999 model year.

Which component do the complaints about the 1999 National RV Sea Breeze name most often?

Tires: 2 of 3 component mentions.

Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 National RV Sea Breeze open?

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.