NHTSA Complaint #11084385 — 2002 GLENDALE TITANIUM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 GLENDALE TITANIUM FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. WHILE THE CAMPER WAS PARKED AT AN RV CAMPSITE, ONE OF THE CAMPSITE SUPERVISORS ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE CAMPER WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT COULD NOT ENTER THE CAMPER BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V273000 (EQUIPMENT) ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER ON CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURED BY DOMETIC CORPORATION. THE RECALL STATED THAT THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE AND PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) WAS PRESENT, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CAMPER WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THERE WAS NO MILEAGE. *TT *TR