The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.
The risk
VEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
Other power train recalls in 1996
10 of the 297 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1996 concerned the power train; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 96V255000 23 Dec 1996 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 96V243000 5 Dec 1996 | HINO DIESEL TRUCKS(USA) |
| 96V198000 9 Oct 1996 | BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| 96V190000 4 Oct 1996 | UTILIMASTER CORPORATION |
| 96V176000 18 Sept 1996 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 96V166000 5 Sept 1996 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 96V086000 14 May 1996 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 96V035000 22 Feb 1996 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1996