THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MAY FAIL WHEN LEFT ON DURING PERIODS WHEN THE WINDSHIELD HAS DRIED AND FRICTION ON THE WIPER BLADES INCREASES.
Safety risk
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Manufacturer remedy
WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSES REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED ASSEMBLY.
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
Manufacturer
MONACO COACH CORP.
Vehicles affected
42
Reported to NHTSA
1992-12-09
Owners notified
1992-11-24
Defect description
THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM CAN OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CAUSE IT TO TRIP WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, RESULTING IN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS.
Safety risk
LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING REDUCES DRIVERVISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS OR AT NIGHT, AND COULD RESULT IN AVEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Manufacturer remedy
SPLIT THE HIGH BEAM CIRCUIT INTO LEFT AND RIGHT CIRCUITS, EACH SIDE HAVING ITS OWN RELAY AND BREAKER, REPLACING THE CURRENT CIRCUIT.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
No complaints in our copy of the federal file for this model year. The daily feed covers recent filings; older history appears only after a full-history rebuild.
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