The defect
RESISTANCE WELDS WHICH FORM THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUEL TANK HANGER TO THE FLOOR PAN ARE NOT FIRM WELDS.
The risk
THIS COULD RESULT IN FUEL TANK SEPARATION.
The remedy
FUEL TANK HANGER WILL BE MIG WELDED TO THE FLOOR PAN.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Superior Funeral CAR | 1986, 1987 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Funeral CAR | 1986 | 0 | 1 |
| Superior Funeral CAR | 1987 | 0 | 1 |
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 1987
28 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1987 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; SUPERIOR COACH INTL., LTD filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 87V191000 18 Dec 1987 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 87V186000 7 Dec 1987 | MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC |
| 87V184000 1 Dec 1987 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 87V157000 6 Oct 1987 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 87V155000 1 Oct 1987 | WINNEBAGO IND., INC. |
| 87V151000 21 Sept 1987 | MASERATI AUTOMOBILES, INC |
| 87V142000 9 Sept 1987 | HESS AND EISENHARDT CO. |
| 87V139000 4 Sept 1987 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1987