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2002 Forest River Sierra problems

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Owner complaints
2
Recalls
1

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Recalls 1

Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailerReported March 5, 2007 · 128,000 vehicles affected
What is wrong
Certain recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, 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.
Risk
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy
Forest river 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 you 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 forest river at 1‑574‑389‑4600,

Recall number 07V085000 · Recall details

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What 2002 Forest River Sierra owners say

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Filed Aug 25, 2009 · IA

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 forest-river sierra. The manufacturer of the equipment is dometic the model#rm2652 and the serial#11405545. The contact stated that there is a crack in the boiler tube that has released coolant in to the back of the refrigerator. She shut the refrigerator off because the coolant could cause a fire in the source of ignition. She called the manufacturer and was informed that the failure that she was experiencing would not be covered under the current recall for the dometic refrigerator. The contact was informed that she will have to fix the crack first before they would send a safety recall out to her for repair. The contact feels that this failure should be covered and she should not have to cover the expense because the failure that she is experiencing is the exact failure caused by the failure with the recall. The failure and current mileage was not applicable. Bl updated 09/23/09 *bf updated 09/29/09

Filed Jun 4, 2008 · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 forest river sierra. The vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2652. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v085000 (equipment:recreational vehicle) in may of 2008. He immediately scheduled an appointment to have the vehicle repaired. A technician stated that because the refrigerator had already cracked and began leaking ammonia, they would not assume any liability for repairing the vehicle. The manufacturer stated that the recall expired. The current and failure mileages were not applicable. Updated 07/15/08. *lj updated 07/15/08

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Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2002 Forest River Sierra, close to a typical Sierra model year.

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1 recall, covering equipment.

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