Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator (Remy)
Vehicle equipment recall 10E-010. NHTSA received REMY POWER PRODUCTS, LLP’s report on Apr 7, 2010.
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The short answer
NHTSA received REMY POWER PRODUCTS, LLP’s report on Apr 7, 2010. 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?
WHEN THE CIRCUIT IS DAMAGED, THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT HEAT TO RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE OR HEAT DAMAGE, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF.
REMY POWER PRODUCTS HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA ABOUT A DEFECT IN CERTAIN ALTERNATORS SOLD AS BOTH REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT AND AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IN VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLES.
THE PART NUMBERS FOR THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ALTERNATORS ARE 8400076, 8400224, 8400088, 8400106, 8400187, 8400003, 8400114, 8400161, 8400020, 8400170, 8400157, 8400219, AND 8400221.
PART NUMBERS FOR THE AFTERMARKET ALTERNATORS ARE 12359, 21749, 21816, 21845, 8400076, 91606, 91608, 91611, 21828, 91609, 22016, 91616, AND 22022.
THE INTERNAL VOLTAGE REGULATOR CAN BECOME DAMAGED BY TRANSIENT VOLTAGE THAT MAY OCCUR WHEN THE REGULATOR AND ALTERNATOR ARE BUILT, TESTED, AND INSTALLED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator.
What should you do?
REMY WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD WHO PURCHASED THE ALTERNATORS AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT AND REPLACE THE ALTERNATORS FREE OF CHARGE. EACH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WILL FILE A DEFECT REPORT AND REMEDY PLAN FOR THEIR VEHICLES WHICH INCLUDED THESE ALTERNATORS AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 5, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT REMY TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-854-0076 OR THEIR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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 HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV .
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 23,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Remy AlternatorNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by REMY POWER PRODUCTS, LLP.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. 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 (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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