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Vactor Manufacturing in the affected vehicles, the water heater and/or cabinet that is mounted to the subframe chassis may come loose due to incorrect fasteners being used to mount the water heater.

NHTSA campaign 14V-159 · Reported March 28, 2014 · 106 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Vactor Manufacturing
VEHICLES AFFECTED
106
REMEDY
Vactor will notify owners, and dealers will correct the mounting hardware, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Vactor Manufacturing reported a problem with the appliance electric water heater. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

In the affected vehicles, the water heater and/or cabinet that is mounted to the subframe chassis may come loose due to incorrect fasteners being used to mount the water heater.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the water heater comes loose and falls off the chassis while the vehicle is being driven, the heater may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Vactor will notify owners, and dealers will correct the mounting hardware, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 14V-159.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 14V-159

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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