Saleen Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Rail

Saleen is recalling about 50 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, gasoline. Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

Campaign
08E035000
Manufacturer
COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
Reported
6 May 2008
Vehicles
50
Built between
Not published
Models
1
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.

  • Saleen 5C3E-9F792-DD

What the defect is

The fuel rail cross-over hose may contain weak areas. As a result, the hose may crack, which could cause a fuel odor and/or fuel leak.

What could happen

Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

What gets fixed

CSA IS WORKING WITH SALEEN AND FORD TO RECALL THE AFFECTED FUEL RAILS.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA6 May 2008

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 6 May 2008.

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 should contact their vehicle manufacturer to obtain the free remedy or owners can contact ford at 800-392-3673 or saleen at 248-743-6439.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
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

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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.

Same component

Same brand