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Recall 00V253000: Potential Fuel Line/Hose Leak In Crash

Sport utility vehicles equipped with 4-wheel drive and automatic transmissions built with TOD (Torque-On-Demand). In certain high speed frontal crashes, an interior fuel line and fuel hose can be separated, allowing fuel to leak.

Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

Dealers will install fuel system shields.

Owner notification is expected to begin during September 2000. 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 Isuzu at 1-800-643-4040, Ext. 309. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).