Vehicle recall 99V225000 · August 18, 1999
1998-1999 Volvo VN
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with an espar compact heater mounted in the luggage compartment.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- 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."
- Consequence
- 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.
- Remedy
- Dealers will wire the fuel-metering pump through a rollover protection switch.
- 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).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 99V225000
- Reported to NHTSA
- August 18, 1999
- Filed by
- VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC
- Manufacturer campaign
- RVXX9904
- Owner notification
- September 27, 1999
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 352
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Visibility › Defroster/defogger/HVAC system
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