Continental recall: Fuel system, gasoline
What is wrong
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. (Continental Automotive) has submitted a Defect Information Report for certain Vitesco NG2 Fuel Delivery Modules, part number ATC85869000. The mixing tube may be blocked due to a plastic burr remaining after the molding process, which can cause insufficient fuel supply to the engine.
What could happen
An insufficient fuel delivery to the engine can cause a vehicle to stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Continental will work with the affected vehicle manufacturers who are conducting their own recalls. Dealers for those manufacturers will replace they fuel delivery modules, free of charge.
Vehicles covered
- Continental Fuel Delivery Module
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 20E079000
- Type
- Equipment
- Filed by
- Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Oct 17, 2020
- Owners notified
- Sep 16, 2020
- Vehicles or items affected
- 4,195
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery › Fuel pump
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.