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.
Pick your Damon Hornet model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 Damon Hornet | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 Damon Hornet | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 Damon Hornet | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 Damon Hornet | 1 | 0 |
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.
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
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…
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
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…
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Electrical system: wiring
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
- Challenger44 complaints
- Intruder37 complaints
- Daybreak35 complaints
- Damon29 complaints
- Escaper14 complaints
- Ultrasport13 complaints
- Avanti4 complaints
- Astoria3 complaints
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.