EA88020 · EA
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES Investigation
ANALYSIS: WHAT IS THE DEFECT? SOURCE/ORIGIN OF THE FUEL TANK PRESSURIZATION. ELIMINATION/REDUCTION OF THE DEFECT. DATA ANALYSIS. CONCLUSSION. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN?===
Vehicle report
1985 RENAULT FUEGO
Defect investigations
2 actionsPE87044 · PE
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES Investigation
ANALYSIS: TWO OF THE TWELVE ODI COMPLAINANTS INDICATED THAT GASOLINE WASSPRAYED ON THEM AS A RESULT OF AN IMPROPERLY VENTED GASOLINE STORAGE TANK.IN ADDITION, AMC-RENAULT ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (I.S. 19E)IN MAY 1985 WHICH ADDRESSED FUEL FILLER CAP VENT NOISE AND REMEDIES TOCORRECT AN IMPROPERLY VENTING GAS TANK IN 1983-1985 RENAULT FUEGO VEHICLES.SUMMARY OF INFORMATION FROM MANUFACTURER:DID NOT CREATE AN UNREASONABLERISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY AND DOES NOT PRESENT AN ONGOING CONCERNBECAUSE IT HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED.STATUS:ANALYZING MANUFACTURER DATA TO DETERMINE THE APPROPIATE ACTION TOBE TAKEN.===
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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.