{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Fontaine recall 13V497: Model Year 2011-2013 Volvo VAH",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v497/",
  "summary": "Recall 13V497 (Fontaine): Excessive heat could result in a fire.",
  "excerpt": "Volvo Vah, model years 2011 to 2013. Filed by Fontaine Modification and reported to NHTSA on 17 October 2013. 206 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Fontaine Modification (Fontaine) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Volvo VAH vehicles modified with upward facing exhaust diffusers for use as auto-haulers. In the affected vehicles, heat from the exhaust may transfer to the roof of the truck cab and/or the vehicles above the cab. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Excessive heat could result in a fire.” 13V497 Fontaine Modification Engine And Engine Cooling:Exhaust System 17 October 2013 2011-2013 VOLVO VAH Excessive heat could result in a fire. Fontaine will notify owners and dealers will replace the diffuser with one of a different shape and design, free of charge. Owners may contact Fontaine at 1-800-366-8246. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass. This is one of 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling . Across that gr",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T15:34:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T07:37:08+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Fontaine recall 13V497: Model Year 2011-2013 Volvo VAH\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v497/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}