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Damon Hornet Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Damon Hornet (1997–2000). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

3
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls
1999
year with most complaints

Pick your Damon Hornet model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2000 Damon Hornet20
1999 Damon Hornet33
1998 Damon Hornet10
1997 Damon Hornet10

What Damon Hornet owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 3.

All Damon Hornet recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Damon Hornet, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V130000 Reported 25,128 vehicles potentially affected DAMON CORPORATION

    Certain travel trailers and motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, 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: Damon will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 01V091002 Reported 923 vehicles potentially affected DAMON CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: motor homes and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers n841, n821, n641, and n621. These refrigerators can experience a cooling system leak caused by operation in the AC electric mode. If a leak occurs, the cooling performance of the refrigerator will deteriorate, requiring…

    Remedy: Norcold will inspect and replace the refrigerator cooling units. Norcold will conduct the owner notification. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the…

    Model years: 1999, 2000

  3. Electrical system: wiring

    NHTSA 99V136000 Reported 52 vehicles potentially affected DAMON CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: travel trailers. The chassis wiring was incorrectly routed, causing the wire to be pinched between the floor structure and the frame crossmember.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the wiring and repair the wire if cut.

    Model years: 1999

Other Damon models

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.