Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump (Airtex and AAC)
Vehicle equipment recall 06E-002. NHTSA received AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY CO. LTD.’s report on Jan 5, 2006.
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The short answer
NHTSA received AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY CO. LTD.’s report on Jan 5, 2006. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
CERTAIN AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY CO.
(AAC) MECHANICAL FUEL PUMPS, P/NOS.
N577, N588, AIRTEX BRAND P/N 9501, AND FUEL CASTINGS, P/N AAC712, SOLD FOR USE AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ON VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.
THE FUEL PUMPS AND FUEL CASTINGS WERE SHIPPED BETWEEN MAY 9 AND DECEMBER 22, 2005.
THESE FUEL PUMPS CONTAIN A DEFECTIVE VALVE HOUSING THAT COULD ALLOW FUEL TO LEAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump.
What should you do?
AAC WILL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE FUEL PUMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AAC AT 204-942-2514.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,579 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Airtex Mechanical Fuel PumpNHTSA gives no dates made
- AAC Mechanical Fuel PumpNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY CO. LTD..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.