NHTSA campaign 03V026000

Itasca and Winnebago Recall 03V-026: WINNEBAGO/CATERPILLAR/ENGINE PUMPS

NHTSA recall 03V026000 was reported by WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. on January 15, 2003, with 114 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Itasca Horizon and Winnebago Journey for the 2003 model year.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 03V026000 (also written 03V-026 or 03V026)
Filed by: WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Report received: January 15, 2003
Potentially affected: 114 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Fuel System, Gasoline — Delivery — Fuel Pump

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 03V026000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Itasca

Itasca Horizon
- 2003 · Vehicles built August 23, 2002 – January 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)

All Itasca recalls

Winnebago

Winnebago Journey
- 2003 · Vehicles built August 23, 2002 – January 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)

All Winnebago recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 03V026000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH CATERPILLAR 3126E HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED ELECTRONICALLY ACTUATED UNIT INJECTED DIESEL ENGINES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY PUMPS (HEP8). THE PUMP COMPONENTS MAY EXPERIENCE A HIGH PRESSURE SEAL FAILURE WHICH CAN RESULT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF ROUGH RUNNING AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE STALL DUE TO A LOSS OF INJECTION ACTUATION PRESSURE.

Safety consequence

ONCE ENGINE STALL OCCURS, THE ENGINE CANNOT BE RESTARTED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

CATERPILLAR IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE PUMP SERIAL NUMBERS AND REPLACE THE PUMP IF NECESSARY. 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 CATERPILLAR AT 1-800-447-4986 OR WINNEBAGO AT 1-641-585-6966.

Notes

ALSO, CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 03V026000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.