Cummins Fuel System, Diesel

Cummins is recalling about 2,807 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, diesel. Failure of the fuel pump will result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17E029000
Manufacturer
Cummins Inc.
Reported
20 June 2017
Vehicles
2,807
Built between
Sep 2016 – Apr 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 August 2017
Repaired
62%
Unrepaired
290

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2016 and April 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Cummins X15Built September 2016 to April 2017

Repair progress

290 of 2,807 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2018.

62% repaired — 1,735 of 2,807 reported

Owners not reachable
80
Scrapped or exported
702

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) is recalling certain X15 heavy duty diesel engines used in trucks, fire trucks and recreational vehicles. The affected engines have a fuel pump whose drive gear may slip on its drive shaft, resulting in a loss of fuel pump function.

What could happen

Failure of the fuel pump will result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Cummins will notify the vehicle manufacturers that purchased engines that used the affected fuel pumps. Cummins will send notices to the owners of the affected engines and Cummins dealers will replace the fuel pumps, free of charge. The recall began on August 11, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2016 to April 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 June 2017
  3. Owners notified11 August 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2018 — 62% repaired

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 20 June 2017.

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 Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467. Cummins' number for this recall is C1909.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
C1909
Recalling manufacturer
Cummins Inc.
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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.

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