Posted on 05/12/2022 6:35:56 PM PDT by dynachrome
Eight RV manufacturers, 37 models and 22,021 RVs from model years 2021 and 2022 have dangerous RV cracked and porous LP gas fittings that can lead to a fire, and they don’t know it. Worse yet, almost all of the RV factories say they will not send notices to tell dealers or the public about it until July 1st.
The recalls were quietly announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but virtually all factory warning letters to the RV dealers and owners of these RVs will not go out until July 2022, according to filings with federal safety regulators. Meanwhile, they say 100% of certain models of Cruiser RV, DRV, Heartland, Highland Ridge, Jayco, KZRV, Thor, and Starcraft have cracked gas fittings on recall.
Federal Recall personnel at NHTSA, the federal agency in charge of vehicle safety recalls, announced the fittings were made by Texas-based Flex Tech, which has a plant in Goshen, Indiana, with contaminated brass that can result in LP gas leaks, which can lead to a fire.
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Thanks. Luckily propane is treated with mercaptan to make sure you smell it.
Any RV without a Propane Alarm needs a new owner.
(Worse yet, almost all of the RV factories say they will not send notices to tell dealers or the public about it until July 1st.)
Oh just about in time for July 4th.
People traveling, fireworks 🎆🎇.
Great idea, waiting.
Porosity of the brass fittings - all from one manufacturer- most likely from China.
Probably chinese brass.
Good luck getting in for repairs.
“Good luck getting in for repairs.”
Kind of dumb to own an RV if you can’t fix it yourself.
It’s something the manufacturer should know about. Leak tests should have been performed before sale. We do leak tests in packaging before product is ever marketed.
If you have ever been inside a camper trailer when it exploded you never want to see or be in one again.
I was in one 1956. It was natural gas from a wellhead supplying a gas camp in Northern New Mexico. A cracked line seeping into a cracked sewer line, came up inside our house and blew up.
Lucky for by brother and I, we were sleeping on the front bed-couch and the ball of fire blew right over us without burning us.
Needless to say, the camper was destroyed.
I still have photos the hospital took of my burned mom.
It completely changed the direction of our lives.
That is a sure bet
That’s the truth. While I’d guess that many RV’ers are fairly handy with tools, there’s probably a lot that depend on the dealer to make repairs...especially warranty or recall work.
“Kind of dumb to own an RV if you can’t fix it yourself.”
Can you fix everything you own?
Not everybody is a propane plumber, and not everybody is an apocalyptic prepper. Some people actually just use recreational vehicles for... recreation.
RV’s have become similar to a lot of modern cars and appliances. The dealers can’t even fix them, they have to replace electronics.
A side note to those who camp off grid and want to run your AC on a generator. I wired what is called a soft start into the AC and can run it on my old Honda 2000 (nothing else though). The newer Honda 2200 is better.
“Can you fix everything you own?”
Pretty much, although my comment was based on all of the headaches that I hear RV owners have.
Yeah, I heard about the soft-starters for RV A/C’s, can’t think of a downside.
“It’s something the manufacturer should know about. Leak tests should have been performed before sale. We do leak tests in packaging before product is ever marketed.”
The difference between RVs and houses is that RVs get rattled like crazy, so it’s next to impossible for them to not start having problems. In this case, I suspect that the valves are fine in initial testing, but bump them around for 50,000 miles and the results might be a bit different.
30 years ago, three guys I worked with went hunting in Northern Wisconsin - 2 out of three died in the RV because of leaking Gas - the third guy barely survived and was never the same.
I have propane in our house, but my truck camper heater is diesel.
Smoke alarm, carbon monoxide sensor, and exhaust routed away and lower than camper.
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