Vapor Equipment: Air Conditioner

Vapor is recalling about 3,021 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. This could crack the cylinder head with a resultantdischarge of high pressure gas and the propelling of metal fragments that couldinjure persons in the immediate vicinity.

Campaign
89E026000
Manufacturer
VAPOR CORPORATION
Reported
18 August 1989
Vehicles
3,021
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 September 1989
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.

  • Vapor Crog-1500

What the defect is

Discharge value assembly bolt may fail and jam against a piston.

What could happen

This could crack the cylinder head with a resultantdischarge of high pressure gas and the propelling of metal fragments that couldinjure persons in the immediate vicinity.

What gets fixed

DISCONNECT AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS UNTIL FASTENERS CAN BE REPLACED.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA18 August 1989
  2. Owners notified20 September 1989

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 18 August 1989.

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
VAPOR 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

System:air conditioning compressors.vehicle description:passenger vehicle.

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