Equipment: appliance: air conditioner (Transair)
Vehicle equipment recall 98E-034. NHTSA received TRANS/AIR MANUFACTURING CORP.’s report on Oct 8, 1998.
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The short answer
NHTSA received TRANS/AIR MANUFACTURING CORP.’s report on Oct 8, 1998. 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?
THE MOTOR COMPONENTS OVERHEATING CAN PROVIDE AN IGNITION SOURCE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: AIR-CONDITIONING EVAPORATORS.
THE EVAPORATOR MOTOR COULD STALL, DUE TO CORROSION CAUSED BY CONDENSATE WATER ENTERING THE MOTOR, RESULTING IN HIGH AMPERAGE DRAW.
THIS CAN CAUSE THE MOTOR COMPONENTS TO OVERHEAT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: appliance: air conditioner.
What should you do?
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPAIR THESE EVAPORATORS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 29, 1999. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT TRANS/AIR AT 1-800-673-2446.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 185 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Transair EvaporatorBuilt from Mar 27, 1996 to Feb 27, 1997
Who is recalling it?
- Made by TRANS/AIR MANUFACTURING CORP..
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.