Damon Ultrasport Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 8 safety recalls and 13 owner complaints across 11 model years of the Damon Ultrasport (1977–2005). The most-complained-about year is 1997.
Pick your Damon Ultrasport model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 Damon Ultrasport | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 Damon Ultrasport | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 Damon Ultrasport | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 Damon Ultrasport | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 Damon Ultrasport | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 Damon Ultrasport | 3 | 1 |
| 1999 Damon Ultrasport | 3 | 2 |
| 1998 Damon Ultrasport | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 Damon Ultrasport | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 Damon Ultrasport | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 Damon Ultrasport | 0 | 1 |
What Damon Ultrasport owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA. The 1997 model year has the most, with 4.
All Damon Ultrasport recalls (8)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Damon Ultrasport, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
Damon is recalling 4,677 my 2004-2006 challenger, daybreak, intruder, my 2004-2005 escaper, ultrasport, and my 2005 astoria and astoria waldorf motor homes 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…
Remedy: Damon will be 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…
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
Damon is recalling 804 my 1999 intruder, ultrasport, and escaper motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerators. A fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak.
Remedy: Damon is working with norcold to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e-030). Norcold will provide thermal switch kits to owners along with the necessary forms and instructions. The recall began on june 30, 2008.…
Model years: 1999
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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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Exterior lighting
Certain motor homes fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps reflective devices, and associated equipment." these motor homes were built without the red rear reflex reflectors and some motor homes were built without the side rear red reflex reflectors.
Remedy: Damon will provide the owners with a kit containing the missing reflectors and instructions for applying them to their vehicle. Owners may choose to have their dealers do the repair free of charge. The recall began on…
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
During the winterization process on certain motor homes from november 5, 2002 through january 6, 2003, the rv antifreeze used may have been contaminated with engine antifreeze.
Remedy: Dealers will ensure that the water system has been properly flushed. Owner notification began april 7, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the…
Model years: 2003
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Buckle assembly (seat belts)
Vehicle description: certain motor homes built on dodge van chassis and equipped with safety belt assemblies produced by am-safe between january 28 and august 15, 2000. On some seat belts, the buckle and connector may unlatch during a collision.
Remedy: Am-safe notified damon's customers to return their vehicle to an authorized dealer to have the seat belts repaired free of charge.
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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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Mounting (fuel system)
Vehicle description: class a and c motor homes. The hardware used to secure the liquid propane (lp) tank was not tightened properly.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the motor homes to verify that the proper hardware is being used and that all nuts are tightened properly.
Other Damon models
- Challenger44 complaints
- Intruder37 complaints
- Daybreak35 complaints
- Damon29 complaints
- Escaper14 complaints
- Avanti4 complaints
- Astoria3 complaints
- Hornet3 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.