IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 7.3 LITRE DIESEL ENGINES, THE SOUND INSULATOR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DASH PANEL MAY CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD RESULTING IN THERMAL DEGRADATION OF THE INSULATOR AND POSSIBLE IGNITION OF THE INSULATOR RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
No risk description available.
INSULATOR WILL BE MODIFIED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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THE SOUND INSULATION ON THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE DASH PANEL CAN CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.
CONTACT BETWEEN THE INSULATION AND THE HOT EXHAUSTMANIFOLD MAY RESULT IN A ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE SOUND INSULATOR AT NO COST TO OWNERS.
WATER CAN ENTER THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CABLE. IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, THE WATER IN THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CABLE CAN FREEZE AND CAUSE THE LATCH MECHANISM TO MALFUNCTION.
THE MALFUNCTION OF THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CAN RESULT INTHREE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS: 1) THE DOOR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE RELATCHED, 2) THEINSIDE DOOR HANDLE CAN BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND 3) THE DOOR COULD APPEAR TO BELATCHED WHEN IT IS NOT, ALLOWING THE DOOR TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY IF IT IS JARRED,AND INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE ADJACENT SEAT OCCUPANT.
REVISED DOOR RELEASE CABLES AND WATER SHIELDS WILL BE INSTALLED.
