2005 Coachmen Chaparral Recalls, Complaints & Specs
2 safety recalls list the 2005 Coachmen Chaparral, and owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.
2 safety recalls for the 2005 Coachmen Chaparral
Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
Coachmen is recalling 13,662 my 2002-2008 motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with glass shower doors and manufactured from june 15, 2001 thorugh august 6, 2007. When pressure is applied to the towel bar on the glass shower door, the edge of the bar may contact the glass.
Remedy: Owners will be provided with new mounting hardware for the towel bar and installation instructions. If an owner is not comfortable replacing the hardware themselves, a dealer will install the hardware at no cost to…
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
Coachmen is recalling 37,293 motorhomes and fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
Remedy: Coachmen is working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of…
2 owner complaints filed with NHTSA
Owners of the 2005 Coachmen Chaparral have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. Complaints peaked in 2008 with 1 filed that year.
Most-reported components
What owners are reporting
“2005 coachman chapparal. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle refrigerator system issues. *smd the consumer stated the refrigerator stopped cooling in the fall of 2014. The consumer discovered recall”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, September 28, 2015 · Equipment
“Tl*the contact owns a 2004 coachman. The vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2652. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08e032000 (equipment) and called a local rv”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, August 12, 2008 · Equipment
Compare Coachmen Chaparral model years
Recall and complaint counts for every Coachmen Chaparral model year in NHTSA's database.
Checking a specific 2005 Coachmen Chaparral
How do I know if my 2005 Coachmen Chaparral has an open recall?
Enter your 17-character VIN above. The VIN is on the driver's side dashboard (visible through the windshield), the driver's door jamb sticker, and your registration or insurance card. The check runs against NHTSA's live database and tells you which campaigns list your vehicle. 2 campaigns currently list the 2005 Coachmen Chaparral; your car may already have been repaired under some of them.
Is the recall repair free?
Yes. Under federal law, manufacturers must fix safety recalls at no charge for vehicles up to 15 years old from the date of sale to the first owner. Contact any authorised Coachmen dealer with your VIN and the NHTSA campaign number (for example 08V279000).
What is the difference between a recall and a complaint?
A recall is a safety campaign filed by the manufacturer or ordered by NHTSA, with a defined defect and remedy. A complaint is a report an owner sent to NHTSA; it is not verified, but patterns of complaints are what trigger NHTSA investigations and, eventually, recalls.
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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.