2001 Coachmen Catalina Equipment Problems

“Mid november 2008 the refrigerator in my coachman camper trailer quit working. I discovered that the coolant liquid had leaked out. I had not yet gotten it in for repairs when I received a recall notice from dometic on jan 2, 2009 for this exact problem. This was my first notice of this problem even though after calling dometic , I discovered that they had been aware of the problem for several years. Upon contacting dometic I was also informed that they would replace the heat shield only after I had the repairs done out of my own pocket. …”

“Dometic refrigerator recall customer is asking for reimbursement for replacement**cc the consumer was informed the repair was made before the recall had been issued, however the consumer still experienced a failure of the cooling system. Model#rm2852.”

“2001 coachman Catalina coolant from the refrigerator leaked out. Dometic was the manufacturer of the refrigerator and they denied the claim because their refrigerator was repaired prior to the recall.”

“The contact owns a 2001 Coachmen Catalina equipped with a dometic refrigerator, model rm2652. The contact stated that his refrigerator was included in the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 06e076000. Equipment:recreational vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that they could not perform the recall remedy because the failure had already occurred and the repair would not fix the refrigerator.”

“The contact owns a 2001 Coachmen Catalina. The vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2652. The contact stated that the refrigerator was not cooling properly. He also smelled a strong odor of ammonia. He received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08e032000 (equipment) and notified the dometic customer center. The representative stated that they would be responsible for the recall kit; however, the contact stated that the remedy would not correct the issue. The part number was unknown.”