NHTSA campaign 10V386000

KME Recall 10V-386: UNEXPECTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 10V386000 was reported by KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT on August 26, 2010, with 64 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the KME Predator for model years 2007–2009. Owners were notified on September 10, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 10V386000 (also written 10V-386 or 10V386)
Filed by: KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT
Report received: August 26, 2010
Potentially affected: 64 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: September 10, 2010
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 10V386000. 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.

KME

KME Predator
- 2007, 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built October 15, 2007 – November 23, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V386000.

Defect description

KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT CORP. (KME) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 THROUGH 2009 PREDATOR MODEL EMERGENCY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 15, 2007 THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 2009, 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

ALL CUSTOMERS WITH AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY DAIMLER TRUCKS AND REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DETROIT DIESEL. PLEASE SEE DAIMLER TRUCKS/DETROIT DIESEL'S DEFECT REPORT 10E-005. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1-800-547-0712 OR ON LINE HTTP://WWW.DETROITDIESEL.COM/SUPPORTNETWORK.

Notes

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 10V386000

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.