Pontiac Engineering Analysis EA97024: FUEL TUBE RETAINING CLIP FAILURE

1994 Pontiac Firebird

FUEL TUBE RETAINING CLIP FAILURE

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Summary
Most of the reports reviewed in this investigation are fire incidents in which fuel leakage has been alleged as the cause or the area of origin is consistent with the alleged defect.there is no evidence that the subject clip was a factor in any of these fire incidents and NHTSA testing indicates thatbroken or dislodged retention clip does not result in significant movement of the fuel line bundle toward the left secondary air injection check valve.failure of the clip places the fuel line bundle assembly in the same configuration as the 1993 model year lti vehicles.a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of Agency resources does not appear to be warranted.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.the Agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.

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Date Opened
NOV 13, 1997
Date Closed
SEP 29, 1998
NHTSA Recall #
No recall issued
  • Status:
    CLOSED
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