Recall Detail

RENAULT / ALLIANCE / 1984

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 22427 Vehicale/Equipment Name: RENAULT
Recalled Component Id: 000006417000012735000000253 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: ALLIANCE Model Year: 1984
NHTSA Campaign Number: 92V051000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE Manufacturer That Filed Report: CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1982 End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1987
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 540000
Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 28 1992 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : RENAULT, INCORPORATED Report Received Date: Apr, 10 1992
Record Creation date : Apr, 20 1992 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : The end cap connecting the heat exchanger's core to the engine cooling system could rupture and allow hot coolant to escape into the passenger compartment. Consequence Summary: The coolant escaping into the passenger compartment couldcontact the driver's feet and injure the driver. also, steam from the heatedliquid will cloud on the window surfaces and impair the driver's vision andcould result in a vehicle accident.
Corrective Summary : Replace the heater core with a core of different design which will not rupture and leak in the passenger compartment. Recall Notes: System: water heater; heater core.vehicle description: passenger automobiles.
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