Comments on: Dometic recalls, right and wrong… http://rx4rv.com/archives/21 RV Service Resources and Opinions Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:53:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Robert http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4639 Robert Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:35:16 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4639 Correction to previous post... Refrigerator is Model RM 2852 not RM 2856. Sorry about that. Robert Correction to previous post… Refrigerator is Model RM 2852 not RM 2856.

Sorry about that.

Robert

]]> By: Robert http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4638 Robert Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:18 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4638 So when does the class action law suit begin? I am surprised an RV'ing attorney hasn't jumped all over this. I am sitting on one of these "time bombs" (RM2856, purchased in 2005) myself. The lower unit doesn't cool well, never has, usually around 42 to 45 degrees. I guess I am lucky so far..... warm food is better than a "hot" fire. Every time I leave my RV for a day trip I wonderi if I will return to find a pile of ash and some very angry fellow campers. Like another poster stated.... it probably won't be long before some company (probably foreign) recognizes the need for a decent RV refrigerator and goes to the drawing board with QUALITY and RELIABILITY as a bench mark and our friends at Dometic will be wondering what happened. The market is certainly ripe for an alternative to the current units available. I just hope that it doesn't take a death to get the attention of the powers that be. What say you? Robert So when does the class action law suit begin? I am surprised an RV’ing attorney hasn’t jumped all over this. I am sitting on one of these “time bombs” (RM2856, purchased in 2005) myself. The lower unit doesn’t cool well, never has, usually around 42 to 45 degrees. I guess I am lucky so far….. warm food is better than a “hot” fire. Every time I leave my RV for a day trip I wonderi if I will return to find a pile of ash and some very angry fellow campers.

Like another poster stated…. it probably won’t be long before some company (probably foreign) recognizes the need for a decent RV refrigerator and goes to the drawing board with QUALITY and RELIABILITY as a bench mark and our friends at Dometic will be wondering what happened. The market is certainly ripe for an alternative to the current units available.

I just hope that it doesn’t take a death to get the attention of the powers that be.

What say you?

Robert

]]> By: Jacki http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4604 Jacki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:32:37 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4604 RE:M Martin says: June 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm "Hi Cris Sounds great if it was only true, but these units are “package units” and the leaks are not the fault of installation.The water could be, but not the freon leak which is the main complaint." REPLY: My husband and I owe a 1993 trailer with a Dometic refrigerator. Saturday night our fridge started acting up. My husband opened the fridge door and was overcome with ammonia. He was unable to breathe. A trip to the hospital and numerous test later (eeg, blood work, ex-ray) fortunately he is all right. All of us were extremely lucky (including a dog and cat). If this is a problem then something should be done about it before some one gets killed. Email me at jburtnik@hotmail.com if anyone else has had this problem. RE:M Martin says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm “Hi Cris Sounds great if it was only true, but these units are “package units” and the leaks are not the fault of installation.The water could be, but not the freon leak which is the main complaint.”
REPLY: My husband and I owe a 1993 trailer with a Dometic refrigerator. Saturday night our fridge started acting up. My husband opened the fridge door and was overcome with ammonia. He was unable to breathe. A trip to the hospital and numerous test later (eeg, blood work, ex-ray) fortunately he is all right. All of us were extremely lucky (including a dog and cat). If this is a problem then something should be done about it before some one gets killed. Email me at jburtnik@hotmail.com if anyone else has had this problem.

]]> By: rx4rv.com » Dometic recall, part 2 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4522 rx4rv.com » Dometic recall, part 2 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:46:36 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4522 [...] my last post about the Dometic cooling unit issues, I said: This recall does nothing to actually fix what is a [...] [...] my last post about the Dometic cooling unit issues, I said: This recall does nothing to actually fix what is a [...]

]]> By: donna http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4418 donna Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:25:14 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4418 Well Chris,Martin, our rv was inspected and your theory of it being an installation problem was not correct.It looks to everybody involved (our insurance and the installers) like the eletrical of the Dometic refrig. was the problem,not the installer.So now heres another case.What will it take for this company to get busted.Hopefully not a death.Just wanted to let you know. Well Chris,Martin, our rv was inspected and your theory of it being an installation problem was not correct.It looks to everybody involved (our insurance and the installers) like the eletrical of the Dometic refrig. was the problem,not the installer.So now heres another case.What will it take for this company to get busted.Hopefully not a death.Just wanted to let you know.

]]> By: M Martin http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4385 M Martin Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:21:07 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4385 Hi Cris Sounds great if it was only true, but these units are "package units" and the leaks are not the fault of installation.The water could be, but not the freon leak which is the main complaint. The freon leaks are from excesive vibration within a small area and this is a wide spread problem. I just need to find enough people to bring this to surface. The companies attatude is that these are diposable qnd if they last after the 3 year warranty your lucky. When the japanese or the Koreans like LG or hitachi start to make replacements for $350 They change there attitude.Thats sad Thanks for your response Regards M Martin Hi Cris Sounds great if it was only true, but these units are “package units” and the leaks are not the fault of installation.The water could be, but not the freon leak which is the main complaint. The freon leaks are from excesive vibration within a small area and this is a wide spread problem. I just need to find enough people to bring this to surface. The companies attatude is that these are diposable qnd if they last after the 3 year warranty your lucky. When the japanese or the Koreans like LG or hitachi start to make replacements for $350 They change there attitude.Thats sad Thanks for your response Regards M Martin

]]> By: Chris http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4324 Chris Wed, 21 May 2008 18:08:37 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4324 Hi Donna, That really would be an installation problem happening that fast- the problem with the recall takes a year at least to show up. M Martin- again these sound like installation problems- something that Dometic has little control over. Not that I enjoy being an apologist for Dometic, but there are enough issues to be mad at them about without blaming them for bad installations. Hi Donna,
That really would be an installation problem happening that fast- the problem with the recall takes a year at least to show up.

M Martin- again these sound like installation problems- something that Dometic has little control over.
Not that I enjoy being an apologist for Dometic, but there are enough issues to be mad at them about without blaming them for bad installations.

]]> By: donna http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4322 donna Wed, 21 May 2008 07:03:39 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4322 Well quess what folks we had a Dometic frigerator installed today.Wish I would of read this before.We brought it home today and tried it out to see if it was working and it caught fire thank God the garden hose was right there.Well after reading all your comments I'm determined to do everything in my power and the insurance and their lawyers (well i hope they will help big time)something has to be done.This is an outrage.I think what if it would of caught on fire while I was driving it home.Well Im praying we can stop this from happening to anybody us. Well quess what folks we had a Dometic frigerator installed today.Wish I would of read this before.We brought it home today and tried it out to see if it was working and it caught fire thank God the garden hose was right there.Well after reading all your comments I’m determined to do everything in my power and the insurance and their lawyers (well i hope they will help big time)something has to be done.This is an outrage.I think what if it would of caught on fire while I was driving it home.Well Im praying we can stop this from happening to anybody us.

]]> By: M Martin http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4314 M Martin Mon, 19 May 2008 03:15:03 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-4314 I have 2 -13500 btu penguin dometic A/C s on my 04 monaco windsor, what a piece of crap! these have been a nightmare since new, they have always overflowed on the carpet up front and the bed and carpet in the rear.It got so bad I had to go to Wakarussa the factory service center in indiana the coach is now a little over 3 years old. Both of the units failed not long ago. One unit froze-up and ruined my carpet and the rear just blew hot . Dometic would not extend any goodwill as i was out of warranty by 2 months. Shame on you Dometic. I had to either replace the units at $1300. a piece or repair them I got them both repaired for about $600. The hi pressure side of copper tubing had cracked and had to be replaced. If anyone else had a same problem please post if enough people gripe maybe the NTHS can do something like a recall??? I have 2 -13500 btu penguin Dometic A/C s on my 04 monaco windsor, what a piece of crap! these have been a nightmare since new, they have always overflowed on the carpet up front and the bed and carpet in the rear.It got so bad I had to go to Wakarussa the factory service center in indiana the coach is now a little over 3 years old. Both of the units failed not long ago. One unit froze-up and ruined my carpet and the rear just blew hot . Dometic would not extend any goodwill as i was out of warranty by 2 months. Shame on you Dometic. I had to either replace the units at $1300. a piece or repair them I got them both repaired for about $600. The hi pressure side of copper tubing had cracked and had to be replaced. If anyone else had a same problem please post if enough people gripe maybe the NTHS can do something like a recall???

]]> By: rx4rv.com » Dometic Recall- the Saga Continues… http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-3991 rx4rv.com » Dometic Recall- the Saga Continues… Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:05:27 +0000 http://rx4rv.com/archives/21#comment-3991 [...] I’ve been writing about the ongoing Dometic recall in this post and this post, and today I had an unwelcome finding- working on a refrigerator I had done the recall on nearly a [...] [...] I’ve been writing about the ongoing Dometic recall in this post and this post, and today I had an unwelcome finding- working on a refrigerator I had done the recall on nearly a [...]

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