Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank (Shasta, Coachmen and SPORTSCOACH and 1 more)
Vehicle recall 84V-083. NHTSA received COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on Jul 10, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on Jul 10, 1984. 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.
AUXILIARY FUEL TANK RETAINING STRAPS WHICH KEEP TANK IN PLACE MAY LOOSEN.
THE TANK COULD MOVE OR BECOME DISLODGED FROM MOTOR HOME.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank.
What should you do?
FASTENERS WILL BE INSPECTED BY DEALER AND REPLACED IF NECESSARY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES.SYSTEM: FUEL; FUEL TANK RETAINING STRAPS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: FUEL LEAKS MAY DEVELOP AND, IN THE PRESENCE OF ANIGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE COULD RESULT. THE FUEL TANK, IF IT BECOMES DETACHED,COULD PRESENT A TRAFFIC HAZARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 5,983 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Shasta Roadmasterand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Citationand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Senatorand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Sportscoach Pathfinderand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Diplomatand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Sportscoach Cross Countryand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Midas Midasand 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Ambassadorand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Presidentand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Statesmanand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
- Coachmen Regentand 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, 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.