Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Caterpillar 3116

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

1 campaign
99E021000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL1999-06-23

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: MECHANICALLY UNIT INJECTED DIESEL ENGINES. THE GOVERNOR OF THE ENGINE CONTROLS THE UNIT INJECTOR FUELING BY WAY OF A CONTROL ASSEMBLY. IN THIS ASSEMBLY, A LINK TO THE GOVERNOR IS JOINED TO THE CONTROL ROD USING A RIVET. THIS RIVET CAN LOOSEN AND THEN WEAR RESULTING IN ENGINE SPEED INSTABILITY.

RiskIF NOT IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED, ENGINE SPEED CONTROL COULD BE LOST DUE TO RIVET DISENGAGEMENT.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED IF NECESSARY.

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