- Vehicles
- 54,352
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- Carter Fuel Pump
- Napa Fuel Pump
What the defect is
Certain federal-mogul mechanical fuel pumps sold for use as aftermarket equipment on numerous applications packaged as either carter fuel delivery products, carter accuflow, napa fuel pumps, or napa truflow. The part numbers are M6984, M6978, M6959, M6737, M6626, M6624, M6588, M6505, M60519, M60405, M60404, M60335, M60036, M4503, 2M4503, 2M6984, 2M6978, 2M6959, 2M6737, 2M6588, 2M60036, 2M60519, 2M60405, 2M60404, 2M60335. The lack of proper thread depth in the mechanical fuel pump's flared fitting will cause improper seal and thus the potential for fuel leaking from the fitting.
What could happen
In the presence of an ignition source, fuel leak can result in a vehicle fire.
What gets fixed
FEDERAL-MOGUL PAY FOR INSPECTION WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING DECEMBER 2004.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA1 December 2004
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 1 December 2004.
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 federal-mogul at 674-735-0241.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
- 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.