Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 12V413000

Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan

Karma Automotive LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2012-08-22.

Recall campaignNHTSA 12V413000

Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan

Component
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan
Manufacturer
Karma Automotive LLC
Vehicles affected
1,377
Reported to NHTSA
2012-08-22
Owners notified
2012-08-24

Defect description

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.

Safety risk

A direct short may ignite the fan housing, shroud and surrounding components, causing a vehicle fire.

Manufacturer remedy

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.

Notes

Fisker's recall campaign number is 520120016.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

1 model year.

ModelYears on record
FISKER Karma2012

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.