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javaseuf

California's Gold Coast

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Posted: 08/11/08 06:09pm

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The NHTSA isn't going to do anything about this issue since a very small amount of refers have caught fire and there has been no loss or injury to human life. The government will only get involved if there is a safety issue backed up by death or injury to human life.
It will take a class action lawsuit with a good attorney to do anything about this.

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buldaawg

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Posted: 08/12/08 04:18am

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dadd45 wrote:

buldaawg wrote:

From what I understand, over 900,000.00 units were included in the recall. Dont think they can afford to give everyone a new and improved version.. In my short time of being an RVer these Dometic Fridges are pretty darn good,.

As usual the gov agency (CPSC) contacted forwarded to another, NHTSA since it's on the roads, sooooooo I forwarded there...
concerning your statements, it's difficult for me to give Dometic a "pretty darn good" rating when in your own comment the recall affects 900K units. As for giving everyone a new replacement, perhaps if they had sold "good" units in the first place they wouldn't have needed the recall......IMHO, of course

Did 900k units fail??

The "pretty Darn Good" statement that I made is made with the facts as I know them to be. I have not known or have met anyone in the last 10 years of camping that have had any fires attributed with their unit failing in the burner section. For that matter I dont know anyone whos unit failed at all except for those who have written blogs here.. So I think my "pretty Darn good" statement holds water. I think it is totally crazy to think that they can offer to replace 900 hundred thousand units when only a few are known to have actually caught fire. They took action to ensure that lives would be saved first. Now you can argue they only took that action to avoid law suits. Could be, but I appreciate the fact that I can now sleep in my camper without worrying about a fire in the middle of the night.

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just me

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Posted: 08/12/08 07:27am

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Four years ago I attended a Tag-a-long in Brigham city, Ut and all but a few had gone to a play. A 5ver caught fire in the fridge area, and the guys rallied to the cause of saving that trailer the best they could, ALONG with the surronding units. There was minamal damage in the fridge area. They got the fire out while the fire dept was in route. But took a years worth of battle to get some kind settlement from Dometic.
Maybe some of you from Ut remember this.

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