Fisker Karma Recall: High-Voltage Battery Hose Clamp Defect

Plain-English summary

Fisker is recalling certain model year 2012 Fisker Karma passenger cars manufactured between September 22, 2011, and January 20, 2012. This recall is an expansion of a previous safety recall (11V-598) and involves 19 affected vehicles.

The defect involves certain hose clamps within the high-voltage battery that may have been positioned incorrectly during assembly. If positioned incorrectly, the battery compartment cover could interfere with the hose clamps, potentially causing a coolant leak from the cooling hoses. If coolant enters the battery compartment, an electrical short could occur, possibly resulting in a fire.

Owners will be notified and instructed not to charge or drive the vehicle. Owners should contact an authorized Fisker dealer to arrange for the vehicle to be transported directly to a repair facility. The repair facility will replace the high-voltage battery with a new part free of charge. The safety recall began on May 30, 2012.

The recalled product

Product

FISKER KARMA

Brand

FISKER

Manufacturer

Karma Automotive LLC

Category

Vehicle — Electric Vehicle

Hazard

• fire
• electrical-short

Affected units

19

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Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Distribution

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