Fisker Karma (2012): Engine and engine cooling
Recall 12V413000 · Aug 22, 2012 · Karma Automotive LLC
1,377
vehicles affected
1,377
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 12V413000
- Date
- Aug 22, 2012
- Maker
- Karma Automotive LLC
- Units affected
- 1,377
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Engine and engine cooling > Cooling system > Fan
- Model years
- 2012
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Fire
What is wrong
Fisker Automotive (Fisker) is recalling certain model year 2012 Fisker Karma passenger cars manufactured from June 15, 2011, through July 9, 2012. A manufacturing defect in the low temperature cooling fan may result in a direct short.
What can happen
A direct short may ignite the fan housing, shroud and surrounding components, causing a vehicle fire.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Fisker will notify owners, and dealers will remove the two potentially affected low temperature cooling fans and replace them with one improved low temperature cooling fan, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 24, 2012. Owners may contact Fisker consumer affairs at 1-855-575-7577, option 2, 6am - 7pm (pst) Monday through Friday.
Vehicles covered
1 model, 1 model year in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 12V413000?
1 model: Fisker Karma (2012), about 1,377 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 12V413000?
Fisker will notify owners, and dealers will remove the two potentially affected low temperature cooling fans and replace them with one improved low temperature cooling fan, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 24, 2012. Owners may contact Fisker consumer affairs at 1-855-575-7577, option 2, 6am - 7pm.
What can happen?
A direct short may ignite the fan housing, shroud and surrounding components, causing a vehicle fire.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.