I WENT TO CHECK STATUS OF MY MOTOR HOME PARK AT MY HOME AND FULLY HOOKED UP ,WHICH I DO AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK AS WEEK KEEP FOOD IN THE FREEZER. WHEN I ENTERED THE MOTOR HOME I SMELLED A STRANGE ODER AND THE REFRIGERATOR CONTROL WAS BEEPING AND FLASHING A CODE L1 OP . I CAME IN THE HOUSE TO CHECK THE CODE ON THE COMPUTER, AND FOUND IT WAS A COOLING UNIT SENSOR WAS BAD AND IT WAS ON RECALL FOR MY UNIT AND TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND UNPLUG REFRIGERATOR. I WENT OUT AND TOOK THE PANEL TO UNPLUG THE REFRIGERATOR . THAT WHEN I NOTICED THE COOLING UNIT WAS ON FIRE AND SMOLDERING. I UNPLUGGED THE REFRIGERATOR AND TORE OUT THE SMOLDERING INSULATION . IF I HAD NOT WENT OUT TO CHECK MY MOTOR HOME WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BURNT UP. I NOTIFIED NORCOLD AND SENT THEM A PICTURES AND MY CASE IS UNDER REVIEW CASE # 8188. MY UNIT # S 9322513 AND COOLING UNIT IS 12914586 AND IS A 1200LRIM MODEL.. THE RECALL IS FOR S/N 315525 TO 13088811 . EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERTED BEFORE IT'S TO LATE
- NHTSA ID
- 10583299
- Incident
- Mar 20, 2014
- Mileage
- 43,000 mi