Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | ||||||||||||||||
| 99V225000 | VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC | from 09/15/1998 to 07/12/1999 | V (Vehicle) | 352 | 09/27/1999 | MFR | VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA | 08/18/1999 | 08/30/1999 | 393 | 77 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with an espar compact heater mounted in the luggage compartment. the fuel-metering pump that supplies fuel to the compact heater is not wired through a rollover protection switch. this does not comply with 49 cfr 393.77, heaters. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a vehicle rollover, and the compact heater was in operation, fuel would still be supplied to the heater creating the potential for a vehicle fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will wire the fuel-metering pump through a rollover protection switch. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began september 27, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact volvo trucks at 1-800-528-6586.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||