| NHTSA Record Id: 8822 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: VOLVO |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009463000203372000000251 |
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| Model Name: VN |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V225000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: RVXX9904 |
| Component Name: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 15 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 12 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 352 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 27 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Volvo Trucks North America |
Report Received Date: Aug, 18 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 30 1999 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 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. |
Recall 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). |
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