Nissens Radiator Fan, model year 9999. Filed by Nissens North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 14 November 2012. 50 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Nissens is recalling certain aftermarket engine cooling radiator fans, model numbers 85010 and 85077. These engine cooling radiator fans were sold as replacement fans for use on various Mercedes S, CL, CLS and E Class vehicles, for model years 2000 through 2011. A manufacturing deformity within the electrical control …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12E048 cover?
- Nissens Radiator Fan.
- What is wrong with them?
- Nissens is recalling certain aftermarket engine cooling radiator fans, model numbers 85010 and 85077. These engine cooling radiator fans were sold as replacement fans for use on various Mercedes S, CL, CLS and E Class vehicles, for model years 2000 through 2011.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fan overheats and shorts, the fan or adjacent components may catch fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Nissens will notify their distributors and their retail customers and offer replacement original equipment cooling fans, free of charge, for both parts and labor. The safety recall began on November 30, 2012. Owners may contact Nissens at 1-800-457-6162.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “If the fan overheats and shorts, the fan or adjacent components may catch fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E048 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Nissens North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Fan |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 November 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | NISSENS RADIATOR FAN |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fan overheats and shorts, the fan or adjacent components may catch fire.
The remedy
Nissens will notify their distributors and their retail customers and offer replacement original equipment cooling fans, free of charge, for both parts and labor. The safety recall began on November 30, 2012. Owners may contact Nissens at 1-800-457-6162.
What it said before
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 group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E048, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e048/
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