Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems (Sportscoach)
Vehicle recall 73V-072. NHTSA received SPORTSCOACH OF AMER.’s report on Mar 26, 1973.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SPORTSCOACH OF AMER.’s report on Mar 26, 1973. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 23, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
IF THE CONDITION EXISTS THERE MAY BE UNDETECTED LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM.
MOTORHOMES, 25 AND 29 FOOT.
POSSIBILITY THAT THE LP GAS SYSTEM MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE PRESSURE CHECKED CORRECTLY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems.
What should you do?
CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND HAVE SYSTEM PROPERLY CHECKED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 182 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Sportscoach Sportscoachand 1972 and 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SPORTSCOACH OF AMER..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 23, 2026.