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NHTSA recall 99V225000

Visibility › Defroster/defogger/hvac system

Volvo VN

Reported Aug 18, 1999352 vehicles affectedVOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INCMaker’s number RVXX9904Built Sep 15, 1998 – Jul 12, 1999

The defect

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."

The risk

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.

The remedy

Dealers will wire the fuel-metering pump through a rollover protection switch.

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Vehicles in this recall

Volvo VN
19981999

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).