NHTSA Manufacturer Communications 10002549
Original text and source
Original text
DURING A 30 DEGREE LEFT ANGLE FRONTAL IMPACT OF SUFFICIENT SEVERITY, A TEAR COULD DEVELOP IN THE MID FRAME CROSS MEMBER AT ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE LEFT FRAME RAIL. IF THE MID FRAME CROSS MEMBER TEARS DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AND PRODUCES A SHARP EDGE, CONTACT OF THE SHARP EDGE WITH THE FUEL TANK MAY RESULT IN A PUNCTURE OF THE FUEL TANK AND POSSIBLE FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALERS ARE TO INSTALL A FUEL TANK SHIELD. *TT
Source
- Source
- NHTSA Manufacturer Communications — Communication from a manufacturer to dealers (summary published by a government agency)
- Reporter type
- Manufacturer
- Source reference
- 10002549
- Country / market
- US
- Language
- en
- Document version
- Version 1 (1 held)
- Note on the source
- US federal government dataset of communications manufacturers sent to dealers. NHTSA publishes a summary of each communication, not its full text.
Dates
- Incident date
- Unknown
- Received by source
- 2003-09-05
- Added to the source's file
- 2003-09-05
- Issued / published
- 2003-02-13
- First observed
- 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC (initial bulk load)
- This version fetched
- 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC