# NHTSA Engineering Analysis EA85042
> **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.===

## Source
- [NHTSA ODI investigation page](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=I&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=EA85042)
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