White Gmc Visibility: Electrical Heating Element

White Gmc is recalling about 405 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. If such contact occurs when heater fan is on mediumspeed, an electrical short occurs, causing the fan speed control resistor tooverheat and melt the plastic fan housing; this would create a potential fora fire.

Campaign
90V179000
Manufacturer
VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP
Reported
1 November 1990
Vehicles
405
Built between
Sep 1989 – Sep 1990
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
5 November 1990
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 1989 and September 1990. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1989-1990 White Gmc WXBuilt September 1989 to September 1990

What could happen

If such contact occurs when heater fan is on mediumspeed, an electrical short occurs, causing the fan speed control resistor tooverheat and melt the plastic fan housing; this would create a potential fora fire.

What gets fixed

REPOSITION AIR RIDE SUSPENSION VALVE TO PREVENT ITS CONTACT WITH THE HEATER FAN CONTROL SWITCH.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 1989 to September 1990
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 November 1990
  3. Owners notified5 November 1990

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 November 1990.

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
VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP
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 ride suspension valve; heater fan control switch.vehicle description: 33,000 lbs. GVWR heavy-duty trucks.description of defects: a fitting on the air ride suspension valve may touch theheater fan control switch.

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.

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