The defect
Pleasant Valley Teardrop Trailers LLC (Pleasant Valley) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 T@B travel trailers manufactured January 1, 2013 through August 31, 2016 and equipped with a 3-way refrigerator. The affected vehicles have a rubber gas hose in the refrigerator compartment that can rub against the refrigerator fins, causing the hose to wear and possibly leak propane.
The risk
A propane leak increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Pleasant Valley will notify owners, and dealers will inspect, secure and replace the damaged gas hoses, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on October 3, 2016. Owners may contact Pleasant Valley customer service at 1-330-852-4811.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:LINES AND FITTINGS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Pleasant Valley T@b Travel Trailer | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
Other equipment recalls in 2016
158 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the equipment; Pleasant Valley Teardrop Trailers LLC filed 6 campaigns in all.
| 16V954000 28 Dec 2016 | Keystone RV Company |
| 16V934000 27 Dec 2016 | HME, Inc. |
| 16V930000 23 Dec 2016 | Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. |
| 16V909000 16 Dec 2016 | C & M Trailers Inc. |
| 16V904000 15 Dec 2016 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 16V894000 13 Dec 2016 | Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. |
| 16V887000 9 Dec 2016 | Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., Inc. |
| 16V882000 8 Dec 2016 | Starcraft RV |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016