NHTSA campaign 10V227000 · American Lafrance campaign ALF-0110
American Lafrance Recall 10V-227: UNEXPECTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 10V227000 (American Lafrance campaign ALF-0110) was reported by AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC on May 27, 2010, with 18 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the American Lafrance Eagle for the 2010 model year. Owners were notified on June 1, 2010, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V227000 (also written 10V-227 or 10V227)
- Filed by
- AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC
- American Lafrance campaign number
- ALF-0110
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 18 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Engine and Engine Cooling
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ10-005 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V227000. 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.
American Lafrance
American Lafrance Eagle
- 2010 · Vehicles built February 3, 2009 – March 16, 2010 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V227000.
Defect description
AMERICAN LAFRANCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 HEAVY-DUTY CLASS 8 EAGLE EMERGENCY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 3, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 16, 2010, AND EQUIPPED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 60 ENGINES. THE SOFTWARE ON THESE ENGINES MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVER-TEMPERATURE CONDITION IS DETECTED.
Safety consequence
UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTDOWN COULD HAMPER RESCUE OPERATIONS AND PUT FIRST RESPONDERS AND OR THE PUBLIC AT RISK.
Manufacturer remedy
AMERICAN LAFRANCE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DETROIT DIESEL WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE BY REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE MOTOR CONTROL MODULE. PLEASE SEE DAIMLER TRUCKS/DETROIT DIESEL'S DEFECT REPORT 10E-005. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1-800-547-0712 OR ON LINE HTTP://WWW.DETROITDIESEL.COM/SUPPORTNETWORK.
Notes
AMERICAN LAFRANCE RECALL NO. ALF-0110.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V227000
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.