Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc. (Kenwood)
Vehicle equipment recall 90E-022. NHTSA received KENWOOD U.S.A.’s report on Jul 6, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received KENWOOD U.S.A.’s report on Jul 6, 1990. 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?
WIRING AROUND SHORT CIRCUIT COULD BURN SINCE THE FUSE IS BYPASSED IN CIRCUIT TO THE BATTERY, AND A VEHICLE FIRE COULD RESULT.
MOLDING DEFECTS ON FUSE HOLDERS COULD CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND SHORT CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE POSITIVE LEAD AND THE CHASSIS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc..
What should you do?
REPLACE DEFECTIVE FUSE HOLDERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: CAR RADIO FUSE HOLDERS;MODELS KRC-1003 AND KRC-2003.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 116,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Kenwood KenwoodBuilt from Jun 1, 1989 to Jun 1, 1990
Who is recalling it?
- Made by KENWOOD U.S.A..
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.