Alpha Ignition Switch, model year 9999. Filed by Alpha Technology Corp and reported to NHTSA on 10 October 2018. 153,462 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Alpha Technology Corp (Alpha) is recalling certain mechanical key ignition switch systems, part number FOJ57 00000. Over time, weight on the key ring and road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the ignition switch to move out of the RUN position into the ACCESSORY position, turning off the engine.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18E095 cover?
- Alpha Ignition Switch.
- What is wrong with them?
- Alpha Technology Corp (Alpha) is recalling certain mechanical key ignition switch systems, part number FOJ57 00000.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The vehicle stall from the engine turning off could increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Alpha has notified the affected vehicle manufacturers. If those manufacturers determine that the switches create a safety risk in their vehicles, they will notify their owners and replace the switch, free of charge.
- 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: “The vehicle stall from the engine turning off could increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18E095 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Alpha Technology Corp |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Ignition:Switch |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 October 2018 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | ALPHA IGNITION SWITCH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The vehicle stall from the engine turning off could increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Alpha has notified the affected vehicle manufacturers. If those manufacturers determine that the switches create a safety risk in their vehicles, they will notify their owners and replace the switch, free of charge.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18E095, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e095/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 18E095 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b1a5a49e - Consequence
9295de94 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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