NHTSA campaign 05E078000 · Equipment recall

CATERPILLAR INC. Recall 05E-078: OIL LEAK/POSSIBLE FIRE

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05E078000 is an equipment recall reported by CATERPILLAR INC. on December 12, 2005, with 55,794 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Caterpillar C15 for model years 2004–2005. Owners were notified on April 17, 2006, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by CATERPILLAR INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 05E078000 (also written 05E-078 or 05E078)
Filed by: CATERPILLAR INC.
Report received: December 12, 2005
Potentially affected: 55,794 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: April 17, 2006
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05E078000. 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.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar C15
- 2004, 2005

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05E078000.

Defect description

CERTAIN 2004 AND 2005 C15 DIESEL ENGINES MANUFACTURED BY CATERPILLAR BETWEEN OCTOBER 2003 AND APRIL 2005. THE VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION OIL LINE (VVA LINE) USED ON 6 CYLINDER, 15L TURBOCHARGED AND AIR-TO-AIR AFTERCOOLED DIESEL ENGINES OF 435-550 HORSEPOWER MAY WEAR AGAINST THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CYLINDER HEAD IF NOT ORIENTED CORRECTLY.

Safety consequence

OIL LINE WEAR MAY CAUSE AN OIL LEAK AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

Manufacturer remedy

OWNERS OR DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VVA LINE FOR WEAR. IF VVA LINE WEAR IS NOTED, DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LINE. A CLIP WILL BE ADDED TO PREVENT FUTURE LINE WEAR. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 17, 2006.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236; (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05E078000

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.