Engine and engine cooling: cooling system (Coachmen)
Vehicle recall 83V-056. NHTSA received COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on May 19, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on May 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.
A PULLEY WAS INCORRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE WATER PUMP WHEN THE DASH AIR CONDITIONING WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE.
THIS MAY CAUSE THE PULLY TO WOBBLE AND THE NUTS TO WORK LOOSE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: cooling system.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REMOVE THE PULLEY AND DRILL FOUR HOLES IN ORDER TO ATTACH IT CORRECTLY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI MOTORHOMES ON CHEVROLET CHASSIS WITH DIESEL ENGINESAND DASH AIR CONDITIONING.SYSTEM: COOLING; AIR CONDITIONING, WATER PUMP PULLEY.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THE FAN ASSEMBLY COULD BECOME SEPARATED, RESULTING INDAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR INJURY TO BYSTANDERS IF THE HOOD IS OPENEDWHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.NOTE: THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Coachmen Mini Motorhomeand 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC..
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.
- 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 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.