NHTSA Campaign 11V131000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NHTSA campaign 11V131000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: appliance: air conditioner. The repair is free.
BRAUN CORPORATION filed the report for 11V131000 with NHTSA on February 24, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V131000, NHTSA lists up to 185 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 27, 2005 and July 29, 2010.
The 11V131000 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V131000 were scheduled from March 17, 2011, 21 days after the report.
11V131000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 11V131000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V131000 ranks 4 of 4 BRAUN CORPORATION recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BRAUN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 THROUGH 2011 PARATRANSIT VANS BUILT ON FORD E-350 CHASSIS FROM APRIL 27, 2005, THROUGH JULY 29, 2010, EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS (EM-1) MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1, 2006 THROUGH DECEMBER 2010, CONTAINING A DELPHI PACK-CON III FUSE HOLDER IN AN ALLIED MOTION MOTOR ASSEMBLY; EM-1 UNIT PART NUMBERS 77-62112-XX AND 77-62512-XX, STARTING WITH SERIAL NUMBER KNT90890232 TO SERIAL NUMBER NNE91230058. DUE TO TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND/OR VIBRATION, THE FUSE MAY LOOSEN IN THE FUSE HOLDER RESULTING IN HIGH RESISTANCE AND ARCING.
- The risk
- IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.
- The fix
- BRAUN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND INSTRUCT THEM TO CONTACT EITHER CARRIER OR A BRAUN DEALER TO OBTAIN THE FREE REMEDY. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 17, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CARRIER AT 1-800-793-4741 OR BRAUN AT 1-800-THE-LIFT (1-800-843-5438).
Reported February 24, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V131000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V131000, 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: February 24, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted