EQUIPMENT
CERTAIN HONEYWELL FRAM RACING BRAND HP4 AND HP8 OIL FILTERS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 25, 2006, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, AND SOLD FOR USE AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLES LIST ABOVE. THE AFFECTED FILTERS ARE MARKED WITH A DATE CODE A61451 THROUGH A72571 SEQUENTIALLY. THE DATE CODE AND PART NUMBER APPEAR ON THE FILTER HOUSING. FRAM RACING HP4 AND HP8 OIL FILTERS NOT BEARING A DATE CODE IN THIS RANGE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. THE GASKET OF THE OIL FILTER BECOMES MORE PLIABLE UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES.
Remedy: HONEYWELL WILL REPLACE THE AFFECTED OIL FILTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN DURING NOVEMBER 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FRAM CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-890-2075.
121,680 vehicles affected
THIS PROBLEM IS IN CANADA TOO, I JUST BOUGHT A 1995 GMC 2500 EXTENDED CAB FOR PULLING MY HORSES AND I WAS DRIVING IT HOME, I WENT TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE TO VISIT WHEN I WAS PULLING IN HIS DRIVEWAY I HIT THE BRAKES AN THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR I BARELY STOPPED BEFORE GOING THROUGH HIS GARAGE DOOR AND I QUICKLY PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK. THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND THE LINE RUPTURED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RIGHT BESIDE THE FRAME RAIL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BRAKE LINE RUPTURE BEFORE AND WAS KIND OF PUZZLED THEN FOUND THIS SITE ONLINE AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY LIKE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. *TR
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WASHERS AND BOLTS BROKE OFF. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT CORNER OF THE SEAT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. RECALL 96V055010 WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK THE SEAT LEANED WHEN THE DRIVER SAT IN IT. *BF *NM
SEAT BRACKETS KEEP BREAKING. *JB
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 98V-150, THE CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. NLM CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE AND SEAT WENT ALL WAY BACK. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. VEHICLE BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIRS: OIL PRESSURE SAFETY SWITCH, PUMP DRIVE MODULE AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPAIRED, AND THE INJECTOR PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED *AK *ML
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE. THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE BUCKET SEAT DOWN BROKE. *AK
FUEL INJECTOR DEFECTIVE.,