NHTSA campaign 11V039000

Fairplay Recall 11V-039: 12V ACCESSORY HARNESS/POSSIBLE FIRE

NHTSA recall 11V039000 was reported by FAIRPLAY ELECTRIC CARS on January 31, 2011, with 1,621 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Fairplay EVE LSV for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on February 22, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V039000 (also written 11V-039 or 11V039)
Filed by: FAIRPLAY ELECTRIC CARS
Report received: January 31, 2011
Potentially affected: 1,621 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electrical System — Wiring
Owners notified: February 22, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V039000. 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.

Fairplay

Fairplay EVE LSV
- 2010, 2011 · Vehicles built July 31, 2009 – December 27, 2010 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V039000.

Defect description

FAIRPLAY IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 AND 2011 EVE LSV ELECTRIC LOW SPEED VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JULY 31, 2009, THROUGH DECEMBER 27, 2010. A FUSE SPECIFIED TO BE IN THE 12V ACCESSORY CIRCUIT WAS NOT BUILT INTO THE WIRING HARNESS. THE FUSE VALUE ON THE INPUT TO THE VOLTAGE REDUCER WAS TOO LARGE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FUSE INSERTED IN THE 12 VOLT CIRCUIT.

Safety consequence

WITHOUT THIS FUSE FOR PROTECTION, A SHORT IN ANY PORTION OF THE 12V WIRING CAN MELT WIRE INSULATION AND POSE THE RISK OF A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

FAIRPLAY WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 22, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FAIRPLAY AT 1-866-557-0342.

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> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V039000

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.