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NHTSA Engineering Analysis EA85042

Engineering Analysis · VEHICLE FIRES · Opened 1985-08-16 · Closed 1987-04-23

Investigation

Action number
EA85042
Type
Engineering Analysis
Open date
1985-08-16
Close date
1987-04-23
Manufacturer
AMREP CORPORATION
Affected makes
AMREP
Affected components
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Affected model years
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Affected (make, year) variants
5

Summary

SUMMARY:AMREP BLAMES VOLVO WHITE'S CHASSIS AND VOLVO WHITE BLAMES AMREP'SBODY FOR THE REPORTED FIRES.MOST OF THE AMREP VEHICLES WHICH CAUGHT ONFIRE UTILIZED A VOLVO WHITE CHASSIS AND MOST VOLVO WHITE RX-2 CHASSIS WHICHCAUGHT FIRE UTILIZED AN AMREP BODY.ANALYSIS: NO ONE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THE FIRES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BUT MOD-IFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS MADE BY AMREP APPEAR TO HAVE INCREASED THE RATEOF FIRE INVOLVEMENT FOR THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.STATUS: THIS EA WAS CLOSED ON APRIL 23, 1987.===

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