NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Equipment Query EQ10-005: Daimler Engine Unexpected Shut Down
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ10-005 on May 10, 2010 and closed it on October 12, 2010. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Detroit Diesel EPA07 Series 60 for it and links 3 recalls to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- EQ10-005 (also written EQ10005)
- 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 October 12, 2010
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Component
- Engine and Engine Cooling
- Recalls linked by NHTSA
- Vehicles and equipment
- Detroit Diesel EPA07 Series 60
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ10-005.
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), Recall Management Division (RMD) conducted a review of safety recall 10E-005.
In a letter dated March 16, 2010 Daimler Trucks North America LLC (Daimler) reported that certain Detroit Diesel EPA07 Series 60 engines, produced between January 1, 2007 and April 20, 2009, with software versions earlier than V62.6 ZGS 114 were defective, and that the defect related to motor vehicle safety.
These engines, installed as original equipment in emergency vehicles, contain software which may cause the engine to shutdown unexpectedly when a Diesel Particulate Filter over temperature condition is detected.
Unexpected emergency vehicle engine shutdown could hamper rescue operations and put first responders and or the public at risk.
NHTSA assigned recall number 10E-005 to this matter.
This EQ was opened to track the disposition of affected engines sold to the other manufacturers noted in Daimler's Defect Report.
RMD mailed information request (IR) letters to four of the six manufacturers listed in Daimler's Defect Report.
Spartan Chassis (10V-181) and Pierce Manufacturing (10V-195) had both filed subsequent Defect Reports for their affected vehicles prior to this IR mailing.
Three of the four companies RMD mailed also filed a Defect Report for their affected vehicles.
They are:Sutphen Corporation - 10V-416 Kovatch Mobile Equipment Co. - 10V-386 American LaFrance - 10V-227Only Progressive Industries, Inc. did not file a Defect Report.
In a letter submitted to RMD dated August 25, 2010, Progressive noted that its eight affected engines were re-sold to Pierce Manufacturing, who had already submitted their report to NTHSA in May.
Sufficient action has been taken by all the manufacturers RMD contacted and all affected vehicles identified.
This EQ is closed.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ10-005. 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.
Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel EPA07 Series 60
- 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.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for EQ10-005
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.