- Vehicles
- 12,702
- 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.
- Alps Electric Clock Spring
What the defect is
Alps electric has reported that certain air bag clocksprings it manufactured and it sold to volvo cars and jaguar land rover as original equipment for use in their vehicle products are defective. There may be an intermittent fault in the driver's airbag clockspring wiring connector for the supplemental restraint system.
What could happen
In the event of a crash, the driver's frontal airbag may not deploy as intended or at all, and therefore will not be able to properly protect the driver, increasing the risk of injuries.
What gets fixed
ALPS ELECTRIC IS NOT CONDUCTING A RECALL CAMPAIGN. VOLVO CARS AND JAGUAR LAND ROVER ARE EACH CONDUCTING A RECALL CAMPAIGN ON THEIR RESPECTIVE VEHICLES ON WHICH THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED. VOLVO AND JAGUAR LAND ROVER WILL NOTIFY THEIR OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL PROVIDE A REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE VOLVO'S RECALL CAMPAIGN 10V-489 OR JAGUAR LAND ROVER'S RECALL CAMPAIGN 10V-581.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA21 December 2010
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 21 December 2010.
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.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
- 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
Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .
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.