NHTSA Complaint #10551253 — 2012 TIFFIN ALLEGRO

LETTER FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT WHO BELIEVES A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PLASTIC FAN/BLOWER IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS; ATTN: MEENA VISVANATHAN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPANE FURNACE PRODUCED A RATTLING NOISE AND IT GRADUALLY BECAME LOUDER, AS IF SOMETHING WERE LOOSE IN THE FURNACE. THERE WAS ALSO A UNIQUE ODOR, AS IF SOMETHING WERE BURNING. EVERY TIME THE SUBURBAN PROPANE FURNACE WAS IN USE, THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER, AND THE ODOR BECAME WORSE. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE FURNACE AND FOUND A BROKEN BLOWER FAN WITH PARTS OF THE FAN ON THE FIRE BOX OF THE PROPANE FURNACE. THE BLOWER FAN WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND BROKE DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS.