NHTSA Campaign 06V418000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 06V418000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly. The repair is free.
JAGUAR CARS LTD filed the report for 06V418000 with NHTSA on October 31, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V418000, NHTSA lists up to 13,655 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.
The 06V418000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V418000 were scheduled from January 29, 2007, 90 days after the report.
06V418000 covers 1 model from Jaguar, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 06V418000 covers have filed at least 22 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V418000 ranks 4 of 14 JAGUAR CARS LTD recalls on this site.
Besides 06V418000, JAGUAR CARS LTD has 3 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 06V418000 was 06V358000, reported on September 19, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SOME PASSENGER VEHICLES MAY HAVE FUEL TANKS IN WHICH THE FUEL DELIVERY MODULE (FDM), JET PUMP MODULE (JPM), AND/OR CLUSTER VALVE (CV) SEALS ARE NOT PROPERLY RETAINED IN THE FUEL TANK. THIS MAY RESULT IN ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL), OR A FUEL ODOR.
- The risk
- IF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IS ABOVE THE FDM, JPM, OR CV APERTURES, FUEL MAY BE DISCHARGED ONTO THE GROUND. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FUEL TANKS TO DETERMINE IF REVISED SEALS MAY BE USED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. IF NOT, DEALERS WILL THEN REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. DUE TO PROBLEMS IN OBTAINING THE REPLACEMENT FUEL TANKS, THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 29 THROUGH MARCH 30, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT JAGUAR AT 1-800-452-4827.
- Notes
- JAGUAR RECALL NO. R176.
Reported October 31, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V418000 (1)
Jaguar (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V418000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: October 31, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted