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1992 Dutchmen Trailer Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 4, 2017
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1992 Dutchmen Trailer, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Fuel system1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Fuel system

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.

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From owner reports, verbatim

REFRIGERATOR GAS VALVE MALFUNCTION RECALL:. WHEN WE PARKED OUR TRAILER WE HAD AN UNUSABLE FRIDGE, DUE TO THE GAS LEAK OF THE VALVE UNDER THE NORCOLD 462 MODEL FRIDGE. WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL, AND MEANT TO FIX IT, BUT DID NOT. WHILE THE TRAILER WAS PARKED AT THE HOUSE, WE DIDN'T NEED THE FRIDGE, AND THE COOLING UNIT WENT BAD. AS I'VE STARTED TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN, I'VE ENCOUNTERED THE GAS LEAK CAUSING EXPLOSIONS AND ALSO REALIZED THE COOLING UNIT IS BAD. AS I'VE TRIED TO GET THE GAS VALVE REPLACED, I AM UNABLE TO BECAUSE THEY DON'T SUPPORT THAT FRIDGE MODEL ANYMORE. THEY WON'T TAKE THE FRIDGE BACK BECAUSE THE COOLING UNIT DOESN'T WORK. I COULD REPAIR THE COOLING UNIT WHICH COSTS $900, BUT THE GAS VALVE WOULD STILL BE LEAKING AND EXPLODING. THEY WILL NOT RECALL THE UNIT AT THAT TIME EITHER BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED "MODIFIED." SO BECAUSE NORCOLD HAS NO REPLACEMENT PART, NEITHER WILL THEY HONOR A RECALL, I'M FORCED TO PURCHASE A NEW FRIDGE FOR $1700 ROUGHLY, INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO REPAIR MY CURRENT ONE. MY CALL TO GAIL, THEIR RECALL MANAGER, ON 4/4/17: GAIL STATES THAT THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO EXCEPT GIVE ME A $200 DISCOUNT ON A NEW FRIDGE IF I SEND THEM A RECEIPT FOR MY PURCHASE OF THAT. IS NORCOLD REALLY FREE OF LIABILITY HERE? OR SHOULD THIS RECALL COVER THIS?

NHTSA ID 10970540 · filed Apr 4, 2017

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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Data sources

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