Recall Register

1988 Van American American: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1988 Van American American. The newest campaign is 90V174000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Sep 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names 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, 90V174000, in the NHTSA record

Repair tank mounting to prevent failure and install heat shield, as necessary.
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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

2 campaigns, newest first. 187 units in total.

  1. 90V174000Received . 46 units.

    Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    External mounts, on which liquid propane gas tanks are fastened, could fail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Tank may fall causing damage to the tank and possibleleakage of propane gas, which could cause a fire or explosion.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Repair tank mounting to prevent failure and install heat shield, as necessary.

    Report filed by VAN AMERICAN, INC..

  2. 89V098000Received . 141 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Furnace

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    A secondary heat shield collar may have been omitted from the furnace exhaust tube.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Surrounding materials may become overheated and couldresult in a vehicle fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install a heat shield.

    Report filed by VAN AMERICAN, INC..

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

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 Van American American
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE90096Preliminary evaluationLP TANK SEPARATIONFuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting11 Jul 19905 Oct 199090V174000

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. 19872
  2. 19882

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. 1988 Van American American: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/van-american/american/1988/. 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
VAN AMERICAN, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Van American American?
187 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Van American American have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Van American American, model years 1987 to 1988. 2 of them name the 1988 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Van American American open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.