1996 Product Recalls

BRAKES:FLUID:HYDRAULIC (FLUID CONTAMINATION/WRONG

THE BRAKE PEDAL FEEL CAN VARY, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING APROLONGED PERIOD OF INACTIVITY AND HIGHER PEDAL PRESSURE MAY BE REQUIRED.THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY AND INCREASE THEPOTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

DEALERS WILL DRAIN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND REFILL THE SYSTEM WITH NEW MINERAL OIL. THE AFFECTED SPARE BOTTLES WILL ALSO BE REPLACED.

EQUIPMENT:OTHER PIECES

IF INADVERTENT LIFT DEPLOYMENT HAPPENS WHILE THEVEHICLE IS IN MOTION, A FOUR FOOT PLATFORM PROTRUDES OUT FROM THE PASSENGERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

DEALERS WILL CHANGE THE WIRING ON THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS.

FUEL:FUEL LINES:METALLIC

IF FUEL LEAKAGE OCCURS AND AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY AND REPLACE ANY FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY WITH A JULIAN DATE CODE OF 95318 THROUGH 95338.

ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM

WITH THE HEATER SWITCHED ON, EXHAUST FUMES FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGER COULD ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. ENTRY OF EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT COULD, IN EXTREME CASES, CAUSE ASPHYXIATION AND/OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HEAT EXCHANGER IN THESE VEHICLES.

FUEL:FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY:PIPE:FILLER:NECK

SIGNIFICANT CORROSION OF THE FUEL FILLER TUBE MAY RESULT IN FUEL LEAKS WHICH IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. IN ADDITION, THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS MOUNTED TO THE WHEEL HOUSING AND IN THE EVENT OF SIGNIFICANT CORROSION, AND THE MOUNTING COULD FAIL IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THESE VEHICLES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DEPENDING UPON THE EXTENT OF THE CORROSION.

EXHAUST SYSTEM:TAIL PIPE

THE COVER COULD LOOSEN DURING DRIVING AND DETACH CAUSING A ROAD HAZARD FOR OTHER DRIVERS AND/OR NEARBY PEDESTRIANS.

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TAILPIPES AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THEM WITH TAILPIPES ON WHICH THE COVER SLEEVE HAS BEEN SECURED WITH FOUR WELDING SPOTS.

INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEAT BELTS:LAP:FRONT

IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE OCCUPANTS OF THESE SEATS MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RETRACTOR PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY(S) WITH ONE HAVING THE NEWLY DESIGNED ENERGY-MANAGEMENT TWIN-LOOP SYSTEM.

INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEAT BELTS:LAP:FRONT

IF THE BUCKLE RELEASED, THE SYSTEM WOULD FAIL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT PROTECTION.

DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE STITCHING THAT CREATES THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT LOOP IN THE SHOULDER BELT(S).

EQUIPMENT:OTHER PIECES:STOVE

THIS CONDITION WILL ALLOW A GAS LEAK.

DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE LOOSE LINE FITTING BY REPOSITIONING THE LINE WITHIN THE OVEN THERMOSTAT AND TIGHTENING THE LINE FITTING SO THAT GAS LEAKAGE CANNOT OCCUR.

January 2, 1996 Release # 96-058 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Atlas Electric Corpora

Electrocution/Electric Shock

FUEL:FUEL LINES:HOSES:NON-METALLIC

FUEL LEAKAGE COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TWO FUEL HOSES, FOUR METAL FUEL LINES AND ASSOCIATED CLAMPS.

INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEATS

IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT, THIS COULD RESULT IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

DEALERS WILL REMOVE ALL FOAM AND/OR FABRIC SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE RECLINER ASSEMBLY AND THE SEAT FRAME, INSTALL WASHERS BETWEEN THE SEAT RECLINER AND THE SEAT FRAME AT EACH ATTACHMENT POINT, AND INSTALL NEW ATTACHING BOLTS TORQUED TO A HIGHER SPECIFICATION. THESE CORRECTIONS WILL BE MADE TO BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS.

INTERIOR SYSTEMS:TRACKS AND ANCHORS:FRONT SEAT:POW

IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY.

DEALERS WILL ADD WASHERS OR AN INTEGRAL NUT AND WASHER COMBINATION, AND REPLACE THE PEDESTALS WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY.

January 2, 1996 Release # 96-057 Washington, D.C. - CPSC, Braun Inc. of Lynnfiel

Burn - Not Fire-Related