24E028 – LED Backlight Circuit Board Failure May Cause Fire – Suburban Slide in Range

March 22, 2024 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 24E028000

LED Backlight Circuit Board Failure May Cause Fire

A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 24E028

Manufacturer Suburban ManufacturingeBay logo CO

Components EQUIPMENT

Potential Number of Units Affected 39,003

 

Summary

Suburban ManufacturingeBay logo CO (Suburban) is recalling certain Slide in Range Models that contain LED Backlighted Knobs. The LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.

 

Remedy

Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the LED backlightseBay logo and terminate the wiring, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed by May 17, 2024. Owners may contact Suburban customer service at 1-866-645-0658.

 

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.

 


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Chronology for Recall 24E-028

3/16/22 – KeystoneeBay logo RV reported one claim for LED Backlight.

2/8/23 – Suburban notified of field inspection by KeystoneeBay logo RV.

2/15/23 – Field Inspection conducted with KeystoneeBay logo RV.

2/17/23 – HeartlandeBay logo RV reports first claim on LED Backlight.

2/20/23 – Production change implemented to add silicone at solder connection. Coordinated with HeartlandeBay logo to issue TSB for LED BacklightseBay logo.

3/2/23 – Conducted water testing on LED Boards with no issues found.

4/24/23 – Production Change implemented to change control panel cutout.

7/25/23 – Notified of first mul chain LED failure.

8/8/23 – Field Inspection conducted on mul-chain failure.

9/8/23 – Suburban notified by WinnebagoeBay logo of range issues resulting in melting of LED knob backlights.

9/9/23 – Suburban opens investigation into the issue of melng LED knob backlights and starts internal lab testing to try and recreate the field failures.

9/13/23 – HeartlandeBay logo RV identifies two claims for melng LED knob backlights.

9/19/23 – Suburban conducts a field inspection with WinnebagoeBay logo and SEA on a failed unit.

10/24/23 – Suburban connues to support SEA invesgaon being led by WinnebagoeBay logo.

10/31/23 – Suburban conducts second field inspection on mul-chain failure.

1/17/24 – SEA is indeterminate on the root cause to the backlight failure.

1/19/24 – Suburban Issues TSB for voltage and current irregularities effacing the backlight printed circuit board.

2/1/24 – Suburban retains Exponent Engineering to conduct analysis of backlights.

2/12/24 – Outdoors RV identifies first claim for LED Backlight failure.

2/28/24 – Field Inspection of a failed unit indicates DC voltage spikes that could damage PCB components.

3/7/24 – Exponent confirms DC voltage irregularities can and will damage backlight PCB components.

3/14/24 – Suburban updates TSB to revise the remedy options and provides instruction for those options.

3/19/24 – Internal lab testing at Suburban identifies another failure mode due to liquid contamination.

3/22/24 – Suburban issues a 573 for a safety defect on the backlight PCB.

 


1 Affected Product

Equipment

BRANDPART NO.PRODUCTION DATES
SUBURBANLED BACKLIT RANGE

 


10 Associated Documents

Recall 573 Report – 3/28/2024

RCLRPT-24E028-2475.PDF 213.666KB

 


Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-24E028-5686.PDF 213.659KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-24E028-1074.pdf 776.478KB

 


Miscellaneous Document – Stock and Model Number List

RMISC-24E028-3394.pdf 55.206KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 4/2/2024

RCLRPT-24E028-6052.PDF 213.767KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 4/3/2024

RCLRPT-24E028-5949.PDF 213.768KB

 


Miscellaneous Document – Chronology

RMISC-24E028-0400.pdf 80.916KB

 


Miscellaneous Document – Suburban Recall 24E-028 – Purchaser List Sorted by Quantity

RMISC-24E028-2114.pdf 123.356KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 4/4/2024

RCLRPT-24E028-6298.PDF 213.772KB

 


Miscellaneous Document – Suburban Recall 24E-028 – Purchaser List Sorted by Name

RMISC-24E028-4433.pdf 122.335KB

 


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