NHTSA recall 89V075000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V075000
Manufacturer	WORLD TRANS, INC.
Reported	1989-05-09
Owners notified	1989-06-26
Component	VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
Units potentially affected	300

What is wrong

HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.

What can happen

HOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

The remedy

REROUTE AND SPLICE HOSE AS NECESSARY.

Notes

SYSTEM: HEATER HOSE.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES BUILT ON FORD E350 CHASSIS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1986 FORD E350	Built 1986-01-01 to 1987-06-01.
1987 FORD E350	Built 1986-01-01 to 1987-06-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE89034

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE89034	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1989-01-17, closed 1989-07-28. FIRES. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.