Dometic and Norcold expand recalls
Hmphh… all recalls, all the time 
Thanks to the many members of the RV.Net Forums, I found out about a couple of expanded recalls (the service centers are always the last to know!).
Norcold has expanded the recalls on their 1200 series “4 door” models to units built before February 2001 (the old cutoff date was March 1999). The official Norcold recall site still doesn’t have the information, but it can be found in this letter from Norcold to the NHTSA, which spells it out (basically, you are looking for the cooling unit serial number (not the refrigerator serial number), which is on the outside tank of the cooling unit- the new recall adds cooling unit serial numbers from 1008701 to 1273700.
The Dometic recall has expanded to add refrigerators built between May 2003 and September 2006- they have updated their recall web page to include this information.
The expanded Dometic recall- adding another ~750,000 to the ~925,000 refrigerators already recalled may have something to do with the recent change in cooling unit policy- adding another $40-50 million has got to hurt a bit.
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June 25th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Any pictures available of what completed retrofit looks like?
Took my rig in as it was indicated to be under expanded recall.
Tech looked and said retrofit was already done.
Motorhome was built 3-2006.
THanks,
Chris T.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:55 am
The new units do have the thermal fuse on the boiler tube, but the recall is more than that- it’s a second fuse and a bunch of sheet metal.
If I can manage to insert this picture-
Notice the final sheet metal cover over the burner.
I also have the recall instructions at Dometic recall instructions.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Thanks Chris….. Okay, now I am concerned as I do not have the sheet mewtal shroud around the burner assembly as shown in the photo.
Can you provide a link to the recall repair instructions? I would like to see the documentation and confirm that this applies to the latest round of recalls. If so, I guess I will have to educate the dealer (who was on hte Dometic list for this recall) on how to correct the problem.
Thanks,
Chris
June 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Try this- http://bryantrv.com/docs2/temp/recall2.pdf (a pdf scan I made).
This link is to the first Dometic recall page, and http://www2.dometicusa.com/recall.php is where you can put in the model and serial number.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Thanks for the link to the repair PDF. I am hearing that there may be two different repair procedures out there. One with the box/shroud around the burner and one with just an additional shroud wrap on the boiler tube stack.
- Chris T.