Sundowner Sunlite LQ Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 13 owner complaints across 12 model years of the Sundowner Sunlite LQ (1997–2008). The most-complained-about year is 2000.

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What Sundowner Sunlite LQ owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA. The 2000 model year has the most, with 4.

• Tires5
• Structure: frame and members4
• Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer3
• Equipment1
• Structure1
• Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems1

All Sundowner Sunlite LQ recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Sundowner Sunlite LQ, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Electrical system: wiring

   NHTSA 08V483000 Reported September 22, 2008 4,535 vehicles potentially affected SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC.

   Sundowner is recalling 4,535 sunlite living quarter trailers (models 575 gn, 700 gn, 705 gn, 720 gn, 725 gn, 727 gn, 737, 740, 760, 777 gn, cargo gn, stock gn, prostock gn, and stampedesl gn). These trailers may not be equipped with a fuse in line with the wire harness that connects to the tow vehicle.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect these trailers and if it is one of the suspected trailers, the dealer will install an in line fuse in the wire harness. The recall began on october 20, 2008. Owners may contact sundowner at…

   Model years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V382000 Reported August 5, 2008 2,185 vehicles potentially affected SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC.

   Sundowner is recalling 2,185 my 2003-2006 sunlite lq horse 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: Sundowner is working with dometic 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 charge.…

   Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

3. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 07V111000 Reported March 19, 2007 5,254 vehicles potentially affected SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC.

   Certain recreational, cargo, and horse trailers 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: Sundowner 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, 2001, 2002, 2003

Other Sundowner models

• Value Lite4 complaints
• Valuesport4 complaints
• Stock3 complaints
• Valuelite3 complaints
• 7102 complaints
• Cargo2 complaints
• 7201 complaints
• Charter1 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.