NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Equipment Query EQ08-001: CUMMINS ENGINES / FUEL LINE BRACKETS
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ08-001 on January 14, 2008 and closed it on April 14, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Cummins models for it and links 4 recalls to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- EQ08-001 (also written EQ08001)
- Investigation type
- Equipment Query An administrative investigation that reviews recall reports to confirm that the equipment suppliers and vehicle manufacturers involved in an equipment recall have filed the recall reports required of them.
- Status
- Closed April 14, 2008
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Cummins, Inc.
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Delivery — Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
- Recalls linked by NHTSA
- Vehicles and equipment
- 3 Cummins models, including the ISC and ISL
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ08-001.
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NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD. SUBMITTED A DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE INFORMATION REPORT INVOLVING CERTAIN TRANSIT BUSES BUILT WITH CUMMINS ISL AND ISC DIESEL ENGINES.NEW FLYER FOUND THAT THESE ENGINES CONTAIN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINES THAT CAN FAIL FROM EXCESSIVE VIBRATION.IF A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE FAILS AND ATOMIZED FUEL IS LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, A FIRE IS POSSIBLE.RMD MAILED INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS TO 28 VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN JANUARY 2008.
GILLIG CORPORATION RESPONDED THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY FILED A DEFECT REPORT IN NOVEMBER 2006.
BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY, NOVA BUS INC, ELDORADO NATIONAL, AND NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES AGREED THAT A SAFETY DEFECT WAS EVIDENT IN THE ENGINES AND CHOSE TO FILE DEFECT REPORTS ACCORDINGLY.THE REMAINING 23 OEMS RESPONDED STATING NO ISSUE HAS EVER BEEN FOUND, THESE ENGINES WERE NEVER RECEIVED, OR THAT THEIR PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE TRANSIT BUS ENGINE INSTALLATIONS AND NO ACTION IS NECESSARY.SINCE THE OPENING OF THIS EQ, CUMMINS HAS CHOSEN TO CONDUCT A FIELD CAMPAIGN TO REPAIR THE AFFECTED ENGINES FOR ON-HIGHWAY APPLICATIONS.THE OEM RESPONSE LIST CAN BE FOUND IN THE EQ REPOSITORY.THIS EQ IS CLOSED.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ08-001. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Cummins
Cummins ISC
- model year not given
Cummins ISL
- model year not given
Cummins ISL CM850
- model year not given
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for EQ08-001
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.