- Vehicles
- 45,314
- Built between
- Jun 2001 – Sep 2001
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 1 November 2001
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between June 2001 and September 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Arvinmeritor Fuel FilterBuilt June 2001 to September 2001
- Napa Fuel FilterBuilt June 2001 to September 2001
- Purolator Fuel FilterBuilt June 2001 to September 2001
- Purolator Pro~fuel Fuel FilterBuilt June 2001 to September 2001
What the defect is
Equipment description: purolator pro~fuel brand and napa in-line fuel filters shipped by arvinmeritor from june 19 through september 28, 2001. Suspect filters are identified by purolator part nos., 804, 805, and 806, and napa part nos., 624804, 624805, and 624806 with eight-character date codesthat begin with any of the following combinations: SO6M14, SO6M15, SO6M18, SO6M19, SO6M20, SO6M21, SO6M22, SO6M25, SO6M26, SO6M27, SO6M28, SO6M29, SO6M30, SO7M02, SO7M03, SO7M05, SO7M06, SO7M07, SO7M09, SO7M10, SO7M11, SO7M12, SO7M13, SO7M16, SO7M17, SO7M18, SO7M19, SO7M20, SO7M21, SO7M23, SO7M24, SO7M25, SO7M26, SO7M27, SO7M30, SO7M31, SO8M01, SO8M02, SO8M06, SO8M07, SO8M08, SO8M09, SO8M10, SO8M13, SO8M14, SO8M15, SO8M16, SO8M17, SO8M20, SO8M21, SO8M22, SO8M23, SO8M27, SO8M28, SO8M29, SO8M30, SO9M04, SO9M05, SO9M06, SO9M07, SO9M08, SO9M09, SO9M10, SO9M11, SO9M12, SO9M13, SO9M17, SO9M18, SO9M19. The polymer used for the housing in the suspect filters may not be compatible with xylene, toulene, mek, ethanol and other chemicals sometimes found in fuel systems. Prolonged exposure to such chemicals can result in the degradation of the polymer which, in turn, weakens the filter housing.
What could happen
The filter housing may leak, possibly resulting in a vehicle fire.
What gets fixed
ARVINMERITOR WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMER TO RETURN THE FILTERS FOR A REPLACEMENT OF FILTERS CONTAINING PYREX HOUSINGS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 01, 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJune 2001 to September 2001
- Recall reported to NHTSA22 October 2001
- Owners notified1 November 2001
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 22 October 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
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 arvinmeritor lva customer service at 800-637-0580.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- ARVINMERITOR
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.