Recall Register

2003 Safari Coach Cheetah: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2003 Safari Coach Cheetah. The newest campaign is 07V423000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Sep 2007. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has 4 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, 07V423000, in the NHTSA record

Monaco 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 the owner 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 monaco at 1-877-466-6226.
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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 8,446 units in total.

  1. 07V423000Received . 3,463 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, the refrigerator 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
    Monaco 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 the owner 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 monaco at 1-877-466-6226.

    Report filed by MONACO COACH CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 05V053000Received . 2,827 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Springs / Leaf Spring Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain class a motor homes, the spacer plate under the trailing arms had a transverse weld which creates a heat riser and cause the trailing arms to crack.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could create rough driving conditions and damage to rear suspension system. The driver could loose control of the motorhome and a crash could occur without prior notice.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the replace the trailing arms for cracks and replacing the trailing arms and u-bolts in the rear suspension of the motorhomes free of charge. The recall began on march 29, 2005. Owners may contact monaco at 1-800-685-6545.

    Report filed by MONACO COACH CORPORATION. Manufacturer campaign number R04062. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 04V038000Received . 2,156 units.

    Suspension / Front

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain motorhomes, the i-beam leaf imitator in the front axle suspension could crack and break due to an inadequate welding process.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The i-beams on the front axle and the panard bracket on the rear axle could crack and break causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the original i-beam. Also, dealers will weld the stiffeners from the panard bar bracket to the center differential of the rear axle housing. Owner notification began march 1, 2004. Owners should contact monaco at 1-877-466-6226.

    Report filed by MONACO COACH CORPORATION. Manufacturer campaign number R03024. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

4 complaints, 4 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 Safari Coach Cheetah: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Exterior Lighting2
Suspension2
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
26 Apr 2018

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 Safari Coach Cheetah, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 2 complaints.

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. 20001
  2. 20011
  3. 20023
  4. 20033
  5. 20043
  6. 20052
  7. 20061
  8. 20071
  9. 20082
  10. 20092
  11. 20101

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 Safari Coach Cheetah: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/safari-coach/cheetah/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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
MONACO COACH CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Safari Coach Cheetah?
8,446 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Safari Coach Cheetah have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 10 recall campaigns for the Safari Coach Cheetah, model years 2000 to 2010. 3 of them name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Safari Coach Cheetah name most often?
Exterior Lighting: 2 of 4 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Safari Coach Cheetah open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.