Four Seasons Visibility: Heater Core

Four Seasons is recalling about 2,300 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. This rupture is of sufficient force to spray hot antifreeze causing possible burns to adjacent occupants.

Campaign
99E002000
Manufacturer
STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reported
21 January 1999
Vehicles
2,300
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
4 May 1999
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.

  • Four Seasons 94474
  • Four Seasons Heater Core

What the defect is

Equipment description: aftermarket heater cores used on isuzu trooper and pickup. The heater core can rupture.

What could happen

This rupture is of sufficient force to spray hot antifreeze causing possible burns to adjacent occupants.

What gets fixed

THESE HEATER CORES WILL BE REPLACED.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA21 January 1999
  2. Owners notified4 May 1999

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 January 1999.

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
STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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

Standard motors/four seasons is coordinating this recall campaign with isuzu. Owner notification began may 4, 1999. Owners who do not receive the free replacement heater core within a reasonable time should contact standard products/four seasons at 1-972-316-8100. Also 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.

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