WASHINGTON – Stellantis is recalling 280,000 Ram heavy-duty diesel vans worldwide for fireplace dangers, a submitting with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration and an organization assertion confirmed on Thursday.

A spokesman for the automaker’s Canadian operations mentioned 17,420 of the recalled vans are in Canada.

The recall covers 2020-2023 Ram 2500 and 2020-2022 Ram 3500 vans. A build-up of stress and warmth contained in the transmission might end in a transmission fluid leak that might spark a car fireplace. The corporate has experiences of 16 car fires and one minor harm between March and October that is likely to be associated to the recall, however no crashes.

The recall covers vans with 6.7-litre Cummins diesel engines and automated transmissions and contains 248,000 autos in the US.

Stellantis mentioned a warning mild might precede the leak and house owners observing a warning mild ought to contact sellers. Stellantis mentioned the recall repair is below improvement.