Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer (Norcold)
Vehicle equipment recall 83E-017. NHTSA received STOLLE CORPORATION’s report on Oct 19, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received STOLLE CORPORATION’s report on Oct 19, 1983. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 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.
CIRCUITS IN THE CONTROL PANEL MAY DEVELOP SHORTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer.
What should you do?
OWNERS OF ALL RECALLED REFRIGERATORS WILL RECEIVE A FIRE RESISTANT COVER FOR THE CONTROL PANEL WHICH THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL. IN CASE OF INSTALLATION PROBLEMS, RV DEALERS CAN BE USED TO PERFORM INSTALLATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND CAMPING TRAILERS.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; GAS/ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: A FIRE COULD START AND INJURE PERSONS NEARBY AS WELL ASDAMAGE PARTS OF EQUIPMENT.NOTE: REFRIGERATOR SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THE AC MODE UNTIL COVER HAS BEENREPLACED.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 25,294 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Norcold NorcoldBuilt from Mar 1, 1983 to Aug 1, 1983
Who is recalling it?
- Made by STOLLE CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.