Electrical, wiring and powerModel years 2000–2003Government
Conversion equipment (not the vehicle as built): Southern Comfort running board courtesy lights overheating - recall 03V-094
Concerns converter-installed equipment, not the vehicle as built: pickup truck, van and mini van conversions with Southern Comfort built running boards containing certain courtesy lights. The NHTSA record lists GMC Yukon 2000-2003. Model years come from the NHTSA record's product list held in the database, not from the recall text.
FaultCrate・Conversion equipment (not the vehicle as built): Southern Comfort running board courtesy lights overheating - recall 03V-094
The courtesy light or lights might overheat when the wire harness is exposed to excessive moisture and road salt.
What to do
- Dealers replace the wiring harness on these running boards.
If left
- The overheating can melt the running board or cause a fire.→ running board melting or fire
In the records
- Wiring Harness: replaced 1
Applies to
- The recall concerns pickup truck, van and mini van conversions with Southern Comfort built running boards containing certain courtesy lights made by American Technology Components, Inc.
See the evidence (1 documents, 4 passages)
| Document | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| [1]Recall 03V094000: STRUCTURE ↗ | GovernmentNHTSA | 2003-03-07 |
Applies toThe recall concerns pickup truck, van and mini van conversions with Southern Comfort built running boards containing certain courtesy lights made by American Technology Components, Inc.
CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, AND MINI VAN CONVERSIONS EQUIPPED WITH SOUTHERN COMFORT BUILT RUNNING BOARDS THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN COURTESY LIGHTS MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS, INC.— [1]
Why it happensThe courtesy light or lights might overheat when the wire harness is exposed to excessive moisture and road salt.
THESE UNITS CONTAIN A COURTESY LIGHT OR LIGHTS THAT MIGHT OVERHEAT WHEN THE WIRE HARNESS IS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE MOISTURE AND ROAD SALT.— [1]
If leftThe overheating can melt the running board or cause a fire.
THIS OVERHEATING CONDITION CAN CAUSE THE RUNNING BOARD TO MELT OR CAUSE A FIRE.— [1]
RepairDealers replace the wiring harness on these running boards.
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS ON THESE RUNNING BOARDS.— [1]
Put together by FaultCrate from public records and technical documents. The cause and the repair are for the workshop to decide with the vehicle in front of it. Counts are records, not failure rates.
List the records (1 that can be opened)
Records whose recall number, document number or text matches. Each line says why it matched.
- Running board courtesy lights overheat or fire risk recallRecall 2003-07-03・recall number matches