| Issue ID | 984222 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10514452 |
| Manufacurer | Forest River, Inc. |
| Brand | FOREST RIVER |
| Model | SANDPIPER |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 31/05/13 |
| Component | EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My complaint is that dometic will do nothing to repair the well known defect from the manufacture of their cooling systems concerning the premature failure of the boiler tube. First of all dometric issued a recall because of fires that resulted wrongful death and property damage lawsuits. They came out with a preventative solution after the fact (i'm not alone here) to install a high temp. Cut out switch so as to prevent the unit from starting a fire. This measure did not do anything to address the premature failure of the boiler unit. This leaves the owners of their units responsible for replacement cost and dometic completely gets away with a well known and documented poorly designed cooling unit. When one listens to the recording on the recall line dometic admits that there was a design flaw. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 0 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | TRUCKEE, CA |
| VIN pattern | 4X4FSAN275CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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