NHTSA campaign 09E047000 · Equipment recall · Manufacturer campaign FP072009-1
AIRTEX PRODUCTS Recall 09E-047: AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMP
NHTSA recall 09E047000 (Manufacturer campaign FP072009-1) is an equipment recall reported by AIRTEX PRODUCTS on July 24, 2009, with 1,440 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Saturn Saturn for the 1997 model year. Owners were notified on August 15, 2009, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 09E047000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
This is an equipment recall filed by AIRTEX PRODUCTS: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.
- NHTSA campaign
- 09E047000 (also written 09E-047 or 09E047)
- Filed by
- AIRTEX PRODUCTS
- Manufacturer campaign number
- FP072009-1
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,440 units (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Fuel System, Other — Delivery — Fuel Pump
- Owners notified
- Recall type
- Equipment recall
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09E047000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Saturn
Saturn Saturn
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09E047000.
Defect description
AIRTEX IS RECALLING 1,440 AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS, P/N E3944M, PRODUCED FROM JANUARY 2005 THROUGH JULY 2009, SOLD FOR USE ON MODEL YEAR 1997 SATURN VEHICLES. THE FUEL RETURN LINE AND FUEL VENT LINE ARE REVERSED.
Safety consequence
IN THE EVENT THAT A VEHICLE WITH THE SUBJECT FUEL PUMP IS INVOLVED IN A ROLL-OVER CRASH WITH A FULL OR OVER-FULL FUEL TANK, THE FUEL COULD DRAIN FROM THE TANK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
AIRTEX WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE RECALLED FUEL PUMPS WITH A PUMP THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTLY MANUFACTURED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 15, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AIRTEX AT 1-618-842-2111.
Notes
AIRTEX PRODUCTS' RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. FP072009-1.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> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 09E047000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.