Recall Register

Purolator Pro~Fuel: equipment recalls

NHTSA lists 2 equipment recall campaigns for Purolator Pro~Fuel. NHTSA received the reports from 2001 to 2002. The campaigns have 77,832 units in total. The newest campaign is 02E056000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Oct 2002.

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The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.

NHTSA recall file through .

Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 77,832 units in total.

  1. 02E056000Received . 32,518 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Purolator pro~fuel and napa brand in-line fuel regulators shipped by arvinmeritor from november 1, 2001, through august 31, 2002. The elastomer used for a diaphragm in the suspect regulator is not compatible with automotive fuels.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Prolonged exposure can result in the degradation and weakening of the regulator diaphragm. As a result, the diaphragm may leak fuel, possibly resulting in a vehicle fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Arvinmeritor will notify its customers and replace the suspect fuel regulators. Owner notification began october 1, 2002. 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 arvinmeritor lva customer service at 800-637-0580.

    Products named: Napa Fuel Regulator; Purolator Pro~Fuel Fuel Regulator; Arvinmeritor Purolator Pro~Fuel; Arvinmeritor Napa.

    Report filed by ARVINMERITOR. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 01E056000Received . 45,314 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Equipment description: purolator pro~fuel brand and napa in-line fuel filters shipped by arvinmeritor from june 19 through september 28, 2001. Suspect filters are identified by purolator part nos., 804, 805, and 806, and napa part nos., 624804, 624805, and 624806 with eight-character date codesthat begin with any of the following combinations: so6m14, so6m15, so6m18, so6m19, so6m20, so6m21, so6m22, so6m25, so6m26, so6m27, so6m28, so6m29, so6m30, so7m02, so7m03, so7m05, so7m06, so7m07, so7m09, so7m10, so7m11, so7m12, so7m13, so7m16, so7m17, so7m18, so7m19, so7m20, so7m21, so7m23, so7m24, so7m25, so7m26, so7m27, so7m30, so7m31, so8m01, so8m02, so8m06, so8m07, so8m08, so8m09, so8m10, so8m13, so8m14, so8m15, so8m16, so8m17, so8m20, so8m21, so8m22, so8m23, so8m27, so8m28, so8m29, so8m30, so9m04, so9m05, so9m06, so9m07, so9m08, so9m09, so9m10, so9m11, so9m12, so9m13, so9m17, so9m18, so9m19. The polymer used for the housing in the suspect filters may not be compatible with xylene, toulene, mek, ethanol and other chemicals sometimes found in fuel systems. Prolonged exposure to such chemicals can result in the degradation of the polymer which, in turn, weakens the filter housing.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The filter housing may leak, possibly resulting in a vehicle fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Arvinmeritor will notify its customer to return the filters for a replacement of filters containing pyrex housings free of charge. Owner notification began november 01, 2001. 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 arvinmeritor lva customer service at 800-637-0580.

    Products named: Arvinmeritor Fuel Filter; Purolator Pro~Fuel Fuel Filter; Napa Fuel Filter; Purolator Fuel Filter.

    Report filed by ARVINMERITOR. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Counts

Purolator Pro~Fuel equipment campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2001, with 1 campaign.

Products in the campaigns

The product names in the NHTSA file.

  • Fuel Filter1
  • Fuel Regulator1

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Purolator Pro~Fuel: equipment recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/other/purolator-pro-fuel/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: ARVINMERITOR.

The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Purolator Pro~Fuel products do the campaigns name?
The NHTSA records have 2 product names for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is: Fuel Filter
How many units does a Purolator Pro~Fuel equipment campaign have?
The median Purolator Pro~Fuel campaign has 45,314 units. The median of all 2,866 equipment campaigns is 1,677 units.
Which component do the Purolator Pro~Fuel campaigns name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline, in 2 campaigns. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.