Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 10V227000

Engine and engine cooling

AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2010-05-27.

Recall campaignNHTSA 10V227000

Engine and engine cooling

Component
Engine and engine cooling
Manufacturer
AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC
Vehicles affected
18
Reported to NHTSA
2010-05-27
Owners notified
2010-06-01

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 risk

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> .

Scope of coverage

1 model year.

ModelYears on record
AMERICAN LAFRANCE Eagle2010

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.