NHTSA recall campaign

88V138000

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner

Check my VIN
4Affected configurations shown19,898Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentEquipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Report receivedApr 8, 1989
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

THIS COULD RESULT IN LOW AIR FLOW ACROSS THE RESISTORNETWORK AND HIGH AMPERAGE, ALLOWING THE AIR DUCT TO REACH ELEVATED TEMPERATURESWITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE.

What fixes it

Official remedy

INSTALL A THERMO CUTOFF DEVICE IN THE HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND/OR REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH.

Recall lifecycle

Repair completion history

Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.

Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.

Affected vehicles

Vehicle configurations connected to 88V138000

1983 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONALOpen vehicle record →1983 FREIGHTLINER COEOpen vehicle record →1982 FREIGHTLINER COEOpen vehicle record →1982 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONALOpen vehicle record →

Owner action

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