The defect
EverGreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC (EverGreen) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Bayhill, Lifestyle, Amped, I-Go, Sun Valley, Element, Reactor, and Ever-Lite recreational vehicles manufactured June 1, 2013, to August 31, 2015, equipped with Atwood on-demand water heaters. The affected water heaters have a water and gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap.
The risk
The overheating of the water may result in the release of steam, possibly causing the operator is to scald themselves and increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
EverGreen will notify owners, and dealers will install a hot water heater rework kit to remedy the safety risk, free of charge. The recall began on January 14, 2016. Owners may contact EverGreen customer service at 1-574-825-4298.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Evergreen Amped | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen BAY Hill | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen Element | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen Ever-Lite | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen I-GO | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen Lifestyle | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen Reactor | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Evergreen SUN Valley | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Amped | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Amped | 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| Evergreen Amped | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen BAY Hill | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen BAY Hill | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen BAY Hill | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Element | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen Element | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen Element | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen Ever-Lite | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Ever-Lite | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen Ever-Lite | 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| Evergreen I-GO | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen I-GO | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen I-GO | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Lifestyle | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen Lifestyle | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Lifestyle | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Reactor | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Reactor | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen Reactor | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Evergreen SUN Valley | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen SUN Valley | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Evergreen SUN Valley | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
Other equipment recalls in 2015
142 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the equipment; EverGreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC filed 7 campaigns in all.
| 15V890000 31 Dec 2015 | Compass Conversions, LLC |
| 15V880000 28 Dec 2015 | Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. |
| 15V877000 23 Dec 2015 | Entegra Coach |
| 15V875000 23 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V872000 23 Dec 2015 | Allied Recreation Group, Inc. |
| 15V860000 22 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V856000 21 Dec 2015 | Starcraft RV |
| 15V857000 21 Dec 2015 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015