Detroit Engine and Engine Cooling: Diesel

Detroit is recalling about 8,757 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. A fire can result should the turbocharger fail.

Campaign
07E035000
Manufacturer
DETROIT DIESEL CORP.
Reported
4 June 2007
Vehicles
8,757
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 August 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • Detroit Series 60

What the defect is

Certain detroit diesel series 60 engines manufactured between january 3, 2000, and september 28, 2002, installed on certain highway coach and motor home vehicles. The turbocharger's compression wheel on these engines may fail.

What could happen

A fire can result should the turbocharger fail.

What gets fixed

EACH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WILL NOTIFY ITS OWNERS AND DETROIT DIESEL WILL REPAIR THE ENGINES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 20, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA4 June 2007
  2. Owners notified20 August 2007

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 4 June 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact detroit diesel at 313-592-3708.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
07C-3
Recalling manufacturer
DETROIT DIESEL CORP.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Detroit diesel recall no. 07C-3.THIS recall superceeds 06E-019.CUSTOMERS may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand