Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Fleetwood Discovery submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DOMETIC RECALL REFRIGERATOR REF.#26168178 MOD: RM3862 SER: 80800266 GAS LEAK/ AMMONIA LEAK/ DOMETIC RECOMMENDS NOT USING AS THERE IS A FIRE / DEATH BY GAS LEAKING BUT WILL NOT FIX. *TR
BURNER ON MAGIC CHIEF STOVE MODEL NUMBER LLZ8502ABD, OVERHEATED BECAUSE ADJUSTER KNOB FAILED TO OPERATE. BURNER COULD NOT BE EITHER TURNED OFF OR TURNED DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FRONT CENTER BURNER ON MAGIC CHEFF STOVE GOT TOO HOT VALVE THAT CONTROLLED THE GAS COULD NOT BE CONTROLED. GOT SO HOT THAT IT MELTED PLASTIC ON T KNOB. HAD TO BE TURNED OFF WITH A PAIR OF PLYERS. CONSUMER HAD REPLACED VALVE ON HIS OWN.*AK
PROBLEM WITH MAGIC CHEF STOVE: WHENEVER FRONT BURNER IS USED THE HEAT CAUSES THE VALVE TO STICK AND UNABLE TO TURN OFF. CONSUMER HAS TO LEAVE VEHICLE AND TURN OFF MAIN GAS VALVE TO LET IT COOL OFF BEFORE INSIDE VALVE CAN BE TURNED OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. *ML
WHEN USING THE MAGIC CHIEF STOVE FRONT BURNER HEAT CAUSES THE TURN OFF VALVE TO STICK, AND CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TURN OFF THE GAS. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE MAIN TURN OFF VALVE, LOCATED OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, MUST BE TURNED OFF UNTIL INSIDE VALVE COOLS OFF, AND THEN TURNS OF THE VALVE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN USING THE STOVE BURNERS GET VERY HOT. THE STOVE WILL NOT TURN OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS*AK.
LARGEST OF THE THREE BURNERS ON THE MAGIC CHEF RANGER IS MISALIGNED WHICH HEATS UP THE STOVE SURFACE, CAUSING THE KNOB TO BECOME VERY HOT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
REPORTED A DEFECT CONERNING FRONT HIGH BURNER STOVE MANUFACTURED BY MAYTAG MODEL #CLZ8502BD.; WHENEVER A POT IS USED APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OR MORE, THE HEAT FROM THE POT CAUSES THE VALVE TO STICK, ANDCONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TURN BURNER OFF UNTIL IT COOLS OFF. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK NOT ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE BURNER 100%, IS ALLOWING PROPANE TO LEAK INTO THE MOTORHOME. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. JN
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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