The defect
TO PREVENT VAPOR LOCK, AN AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP IS INCORPORATED IN THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE WIRING CONNECTIONS AT THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP MAY NOT MAKE PROPER CONTACT, RENDERING THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP INOPERATIVE. DRIVING UNDER CONDITIONS OF EXTREMELY HIGH ALTITUDE, HIGH TEMPERATURES, OR FUEL CONTAMINATION, WITH THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP INOPERATIVE COULD ALLOW VAPOR BUBBLES TO FORM. THIS MAY LEAD TO ROUGH ENGINE RUNNING AND POSSIBLE ENGINE STALLING.
The remedy
DEALER WILL HAVE THE WIRING CONNECTIONS TO THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP SOLDERED AT NO COST TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 1979
22 of the 274 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1979 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed 145 campaigns in all.
| 79V242000 13 Nov 1979 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 79V231000 22 Oct 1979 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 79V263000 17 Oct 1979 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
| 79V209000 18 Sept 1979 | WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 79V197000 30 Aug 1979 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 79V149000 13 Jun 1979 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 79V151000 13 Jun 1979 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 79V146000 12 Jun 1979 | JAGUAR CARS |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1979