Vehicle fires

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into Amrep vehicles. Closed 23 April 1987.

Investigation
EA85042
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
16 August 1985
Closed
23 April 1987

What NHTSA investigated

Summary:amrep blames volvo white's chassis and volvo white blames amrep'sbody for the reported fires.most of the amrep vehicles which caught onfire utilized a volvo white chassis and most volvo white RX-2 chassis whichcaught fire utilized an amrep body.analysis: no one specific cause of the fires has been identified but mod-ifications and additions made by amrep appear to have increased the rateof fire involvement for the subject vehicles.status: this ea was closed on april 23, 1987.===

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
AmrepRX21980–1984

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.