{"id":143217,"date":"2021-01-04T20:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T20:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/caterpillar-3126e-2003-04e054000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T20:44:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T20:44:53","slug":"caterpillar-3126e-2003-04e054000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/caterpillar-3126e-2003-04e054000\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterpillar 3126E (2003) &#8211; 04E054000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Caterpillar 2003 My 3126E Engines With Converter Mufflers With Welds Added To The Straps That Support The Converter Mufflers To The Chassis.  These Welds Are Causing The Straps To Fail.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>CATERPILLAR<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>3126E<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2003<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>04E054000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Engine And Engine Cooling:Exhaust System<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>When The Straps Fail, The Muffler Can Drop To The Ground.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Caterpillar Will Notify Its Customers To Take Their Vehicle To A Caterpiller Engine Repair Facility To Have The Converter Muffler Straps Replaced Free Of Charge.  The Recall Began October 29, 2004.  Owners Who Take Their Vehicles To An Authorized Dealer On An Agreed Upon Service Date And Do Not Receive The Free Remedy Within A Reasonable Time Should Contact Caterpiller At 309-675-6496.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Caterpillar Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>E<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>2309<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20041029<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Mfr<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Caterpillar, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20040809<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; Caterpillar 2003 My 3126E Engines With Converter Mufflers With Welds Added To The Straps That Support The Converter Mufflers To The Chassis.  These Welds Are Causing The Straps To Fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[16107,16099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}