By year
Owner complaints about Norcold vehicles peaked at 21 in 2010
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 1996 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Norcold
The complete NHTSA record for Norcold vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Norcold recalls are filed by Norcold.
Owner complaints in the last five years6105 on file in all, across 8 models
Recall campaigns120 in five years
Severity index30.5Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations21 service bulletins
Components
Equipment draws the most owner complaints about Norcold vehicles, 97% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Refrigerator has the most complaints of any Norcold model
Every Norcold model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refrigerator | 1992 to 1999 | 16 | 31.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Refrigerators | 1989 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| N300 | 1998 to 1999 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| N300.3 | 1998 to 1999 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 322 | 1992 to 1999 | 0 | None | 8 | 0 |
| 323 | 1992 to 1999 | 0 | None | 8 | 0 |
| N260 | 1998 to 1999 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| N260.3 | 1998 to 1999 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Norcold product
- 18E-013 Mar 7, 2018
These refrigerators have gas valve port screws that may be missing or loose allowing propane to leak inside the passenger compartment when the…
Equipment · 1,582 vehicles - 10E-049 Oct 8, 2010
Norcold has recalled models 1200ac, 1200acim, 1200lr, 1200lr, 1200lrim, and 1201lrim under previously issued recalls identified as 02e-045,…
Equipment · 152k vehicles - 09E-027 May 11, 2009
Units were installed as original equipment in various recreational vehicles
Equipment · 22k vehicles - 09E-026 May 11, 2009
Norcold will notify owners and corrdinate retrofitting their cooling unit with a safety thermal switch
Equipment · 5,900 vehicles - 08E-030 Apr 1, 2008
Units were installed as original equipment in various recreational vehicles
Equipment · 265k vehicles - 02E-045 Jul 24, 2002
Refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim with serial numbers between 700000 and 1008700 and manufactured between december 1996…
Equipment · 8,419 vehicles - 02E-044 Jul 24, 2002
Refrigerator cooling units model numbers 442, 443, 452, ev452, 453, 462, ev462, 463, ev463, 482, ev482, 483, ev483, 874, and 875 manufactured…
Equipment · 180k vehicles - 02E-019 Apr 1, 2002
Equipment description: refrigerator cooling units model numbers n841, n821, n641, and n621
Equipment · 28k vehicles - 99E-036 Oct 18, 1999
Equipment description: gas/electric absorption refrigerators used in recreational vehicles and camping trailers
Equipment · 127k vehicles - 92E-025 Nov 10, 1992
Corrosion may develop inside the electronic eyebrow connector contact points, creating contact resistance
Equipment · 190k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.