Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables (Holiday Rambler)
Vehicle recall 88V-008. NHTSA received HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP.’s report on Jan 22, 1988.
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The short answer
NHTSA received HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP.’s report on Jan 22, 1988. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 25, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
A DIRECT SHORT COULD OCCUR BETWEEN THE UNPROTECTEDBATTERY CABLE WIRE AND METAL TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE CREATING THE POSSIBILITYOF AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
UNDER HEAVY DEMAND ON THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE TEMPERATURE CAN EXCEED THE TEMPERATURE RATING OF BOTH THE PLASTIC CONDUIT AND INSULATION FOR THE BATTERY CABLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables.
What should you do?
REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE TRANSMISSION LINE AND REFASTEN IT TO ANOTHER SECURE LOCATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: BATTERY CABLEVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CLASS A MOTORHOMES BUILT ON CHEVROLET P 30 CHASSIS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,244 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Holiday Rambler Aluma Liteand 1987, before the model years listed here
- Holiday Rambler Monitorand 1987, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 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 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 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 25, 2026.