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11-06-2014, 01:29 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Doemetic here.
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11-06-2014, 01:37 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Holy moly...I wonder if that statement was true about 3-5 burning up a week. (Mine have always been Dometic.)
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Rick & Karen
(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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11-06-2014, 01:40 PM
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Infractee
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Dometic has had the same problems unfortunately.
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11-06-2014, 02:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RhoZeta
Dometic has had the same problems unfortunately.
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The article even states that they have been the subject of lawsuits and HTSA recalls for what one is led to believe similar issues.
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11-06-2014, 02:16 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RhoZeta
Dometic has had the same problems unfortunately.
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Please don't make blanket statements like this, unless you let us know where you get your information from. If you have reference material for Dometic owners to read post it here, otherwise be careful about making unsubstanciated statements. If, however you do post something here regarding Dometic refrigerators, I await your subsequent post to evaluate your statement. Thanks.
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11-06-2014, 02:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Berryville, Arkansas
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I wonder if there is a periodic inspection that could be performed to determine if the weld area on the tubing is nearing the failure point. If I had one of these refrigerators, I would like to know that there is some preventative maintenance that I could perform or have performed.
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2015 Ford F-350 CC DRW Lariat
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11-06-2014, 02:33 PM
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NELA
Join Date: May 2013
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From the article:
Yet the company hasn’t changed the design that a Thetford employee acknowledged in testimony lies at the heart of the problem, a metal boiler tube that can crack, allowing flammable gases to escape. (Sweden’s Dometic Group makes refrigerators with a similar design, which have also been the subject of lawsuits and an NHTSA recall.)
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If age is a state of mind, and I've lost my mind, I'm AGELESS, right?
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around:
Flagstaff 5er 2014 8528 IKWS, Platinum Package, Regency Interior "Buffy"
F250 Super Duty 2013 Tuxedo Black "Biff"
Days camped 2014: 30
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11-06-2014, 02:42 PM
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Infractee
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Still Kickin
Please don't make blanket statements like this, unless you let us know where you get your information from. If you have reference material for Dometic owners to read post it here, otherwise be careful about making unsubstanciated statements. If, however you do post something here regarding Dometic refrigerators, I await your subsequent post to evaluate your statement. Thanks.
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Are you serious?!?!
http://www.dometic.com/enus/Americas...l-Information/
Here is a hint, they ain't recalling them because they don't cool well enough.
Is that "substantial" enough for you?
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11-06-2014, 03:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Lodi CA
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 WOW I just checked my Dometic and it is on the recall list so now I guess I have to drag it to the nearest Dometic dealer and get it fixed...
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2011 25 RL Wildcat
former fiver 1976 Fourwinds had for 35 years
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11-06-2014, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member
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Please forgive me for asking to see the backup references on "Dometic refrigerators" as well. Seems to me it was a reasonable request for the related article(s), so all Forest River owners who have one of those in their RV, can be better informed.
After all kind sir, that is one of the major benifits of this forum, wouldn't you agree!
Did you really need to be nasty.
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11-06-2014, 03:38 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RhoZeta
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This recall wasn't due to "exploding"
Refrigerators.
It had to do with a shield.
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11-06-2014, 03:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Thanks turbs, much appreciated.
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11-06-2014, 03:43 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Still Kickin
Thanks turbs, much appreciated.
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But they did recall fridges for a potential leak.
Here.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...xRt_AkrhBnHOvg
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11-06-2014, 03:47 PM
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Average Joe
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Mechanicsville, MD
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The newer Dometic units have the shield and heat activated kill switch installed...
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2014 Sunseeker 2450sf
Southern Maryland and Beyond!
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11-06-2014, 03:53 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Komoka Ontario
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Do I get this right, these recalls cover fridges manufactured before 2006. 
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2015 Chev 2500HD Highcountry Duramax
Cedar Creek Silverback 33IK
Donald&Casey cairn terrier
Rest in Peace Mary my darling wife.
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11-06-2014, 03:58 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DDC
Do I get this right, these recalls cover fridges manufactured before 2006. |
Even if the fridges were manufactured 2006 or before, they could have still been put in units several years since if they were in stock at the RV manufacturer. The best thing to do is to check the model numbers.
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2017 F350 Lariat CCSB, SRW, 4x4, 6.7 PS
2017 Grand Design Reflection 337RLS
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11-06-2014, 04:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJoe
The newer Dometic units have the shield and heat activated kill switch installed...
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Bet those engineers who redesigned the unit with a shield and heat activated kill switch, don't live under a rock, like some of us!
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11-06-2014, 04:25 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Lodi CA
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OK update due to my poor vision I went back out to check mine out this time armed with my camera took several pictures and the model # is different than what I read and it has the shield kit on it (whew) that made me happy but it still does nothing for the refrigerator having the defect just makes it safer? I guess we will deal with that if and when it happens......
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2001 Ford F-350 DRW 7.3
2011 25 RL Wildcat
former fiver 1976 Fourwinds had for 35 years
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11-06-2014, 04:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Katy, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by onetonford
WOW I just checked my Dometic and it is on the recall list so now I guess I have to drag it to the nearest Dometic dealer and get it fixed... |
Funny enough, mine is on the affected list but I'm really surprised because the recall is from 2008 for models manufactured pre-2007 and I own a 2014 trailer. Perhaps the 'recall kit' has already been installed on mine because on the page that tells me my model/serial number is included in the recall, there is also a message that reads:
PLEASE NOTE: This website only confirms whether or not the designated refrigerator is on the recall; it does not determine whether or not the recall kit has already been installed on the refrigerator.
I wish there was a way to know that before going through the trouble of taking it in to get looked at. I'll try to Google that and find out...
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Katy, TX
2011 Carriage Cabo 341
2014 Wildwood 231RBXL - Traded Her In
2016 Days Camped = 5; Reserved = 14 so far 
2015 Days Camped = 24 / 2014 Days Camped = 23
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