Cooktop Gas Valves May Fracture Causing Gas Leak – 2021-2023 L’Air Trillium Heritage 1300/4500, & Lion 1300/4500 Travel Trailers

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June 6, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V408000

Cooktop Gas Valves May Fracture Causing Gas Leak

A gas leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V408

Manufacturer Imagine Fiberglass Products Inc.

Components EQUIPMENT

Potential Number of Units Affected 24

 

Summary

Imagine Fiberglass Products Inc. (IFP) is recalling certain 2021-2023 L’Air Trillium Heritage 1300/4500, and Lion 1300/4500 travel trailers, equipped with certain SDS2 2-Burner Drop-in Cooktops with part number 3032AST. The internal aluminum burner tubes that connect to the gas valves may fracture and cause a gas leak.

 

Remedy

Dealers will install a regulator support bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed in June 15, 2023. Owners may contact IFP customer service at 1-519-804-8751. IFP’s number for this recall is 2023-01.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


This notice is sent to you in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

 

Imagine Fiberglass Products Inc. has decided that a safety defect, exists in certain 2021-2023 L’Air Trillium Heritage, and Lion travel trailers equipped with certain SuburbanSDS2 2-Burner Drop-in Cooktop, Model # 3032AST, installed in your L’Air CampereBay, VIN #########.

 

This is to inform you that your vehicle may contain a defect that could affect the safety of aperson. As such, we advise you to refrain from operating the cooktop until the recall repairs are completed. Suburban will provide a remedy at no cost.

 

Issue: On L’Air CampereBay Trillium Heritage, and Lion 1300 and 4500 RVs produced between 2021 through 2023 equipped with a Suburban SDS2 cooktop, the aluminum tubes that connect the gas valves to the cooktop burners could crack. If this happens, the tubes could leak propane when the top burner gas valve is opened to use the appliance.

 

Safety Risk: A propane gas leak could create the risk of a fire or explosion if ignited which, increases the risk of fire and person injury.

 

Corrective Actions: We are working with Suburban and our distributor, GLP Canada, to provide install a regulator support bracket. This repair will take approximately XX minutes/hours.  The repair will be done free of charge. Local customers may choose to bring their L’Air CampereBay to our L’Air CampereBay manufacturing facility in Waterloo for us to conduct the repair. Customers for whom this is not a viable option may bring their L’Air CampereBay to any authorized RV repair center in Imagine Fiberglass Products Inc. dba L’air CampereBay Co. 560 Weber Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6 Canada or the US. Please note: it is imperative that the repair be executed by an authorized RV service technician. With proper documentation, Suburban will reimburse owners for the retail cost of an SDS2 cooktop if it was replaced prior to the issuing of this recall.

 

What you should do: Contact us at 519-804-8752 ext. 105 or via email at tracy@laircamper.com to confirm your preferred option for your cooktop repair.  If your dealer fails or is unable to remedy this defect without charge, or within a reasonable amount of time, you may submit a written complaint to:  Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington DC 20590.  You may also call the toll-free Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

 

What if you are a Lessor: Federal law requires that you forward a copy of this safety recall notice to the lessee within 10 days.

 

We regret any inconvenience this recall may cause. As we are sure you will appreciate, the safety and quality of our products are of the utmost importance to us. We appreciate your attention to this matter.

 


Chronology :

We were notified by our supplier of the Suburban cooktop on May 1, 2023.

 


23E002 Cooktop Gas Valves May Fracture Causing Gas Leak – Suburban SDS2 2-Burner Drop-in Cooktops

 

23E002 Cooktop Gas Valves May Fracture Causing Gas Leak – Suburban SDS2 2-Burner Drop-in Cooktops

 


12 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKEMODELYEAR
L’AIR CAMPEReBayLION 13002021-2023
L’AIR CAMPEReBayLION 45002021-2023
L’AIR CAMPEReBayTRILLIUM HERITAGE 13002021-2023
L’AIR CAMPEReBayTRILLIUM HERITAGE 45002021-2023

 


4 Associated Documents

Recall 573 Report – 6/8/2023

RCLRPT-23V408-9856.PDF 213.979KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V408-1195.PDF 213.597KB

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Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V408-5937.pdf 652.141KB

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ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-23V408-6013.pdf 169.734KB

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