Investigations
DOMETIC CORPORATION TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATO
NHTSA EQ EQ08010 - closed, opened 2008-06-23.
NHTSA investigation EQ08010 is a EQ opened on 2008-06-23 and currently closed. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2008-12-03 - NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.
Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "ON 04/11/08 DOMETIC FILED A DEFECT REPORT STATING CERTAIN TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATORS CONTAIN A BOILER TUBE THAT MAY FATIGUE AND DEVELOP A CRACK. SHOULD A CRACKED BOILER TUBE RELEASE A CONCENTRATED AMOUNT OF COOLING LIQUID AN..." Investigations are the early-warning layer of the federal auto-safety system, sitting upstream of formal recalls and defect orders. Whether this one closes without action or escalates into an Engineering Analysis, the full history stays in the ODI archive so researchers, litigators, and buyers can pull the paper trail at any time.
Investigation Summary
ON 04/11/08 DOMETIC FILED A DEFECT REPORT STATING CERTAIN TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATORS CONTAIN A BOILER TUBE THAT MAY FATIGUE AND DEVELOP A CRACK. SHOULD A CRACKED BOILER TUBE RELEASE A CONCENTRATED AMOUNT OF COOLING LIQUID AND AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, A FIRE MAY OCCUR. A FIRE CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. RMD MAILED INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS TO 227 COMPANIES ON 7/1/2008 AND AGAIN ON 9/30/2008. FROM THOSE MAILINGS, 78 COMPANIES INSTALLED THESE REFRIGERATORS INTO MOTOR VEHICLES AND SUBSEQUENTLY FILED DEFECT REPORTS WITH NHTSA, 89 COMPANIES SUBMITTED WRITTEN RESPONSES BUT WERE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE A DEFECT REPORT, AND 28 COMPANIES FAILED TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO RMD'S INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS. 32 LETTERS WERE UNDELIVERABLE. NOTES FOR EACH MAILING CAN BE FOUND ATTACHED BELOW OR IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY. THIS EQ IS CLOSED.
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