Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines and fittings (Real Lite)
Vehicle recall 77V-138. NHTSA received JUNO IND., INC.’s report on Sep 8, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received JUNO IND., INC.’s report on Sep 8, 1977. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, THE WATER HEATER IS MOUNTED AT THE EXTREME REAR POSITION OF THE MOTORHOME.
BECAUSE OF ITS POSITION, VIBRATIONS COULD CAUSE THE COPPER L.P.
GAS LINE SUPPLYING THE WATER HEATER TO BREAK, ALLOWING L.P.
GAS TO LEAK INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines and fittings.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL INSTALL A STEEL “U” BRACKET AND FOUR BOLTS TO REINFORCE THE WATER HEATER AND REDUCE VIBRATIONS, WITHOUT CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORHOMES.SYSTEM: FUEL; L.P. GAS LINE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THE L.P. GAS COULD IGNITE AND AN EXPLOSION OR FIRECOULD OCCUR, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 330 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Real Lite Real Liteand 1975, 1976 and 1977, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by JUNO IND., INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.