Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Caterpillar 3306B

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
1
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Recalls

1 campaign
92E005000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1992-02-12

THE GOVERNOR SERVO PIN ON THE ENGINE CAN COME OUT WHILE THE ENGINE IS OPERATING DUE TO LACK OF AN ADEQUATE PRESS FIT AND/OR INADEQUATE STAKING AT THE END OF THE PIN BORE.

RiskIF THE GOVERNOR SERVO PIN COMES OUT WHILE THE ENGINE ISBEING OPERATED, THE FUEL RATE WILL NOT CHANGE AND THE TRUCK WILL CONTINUE AT THEOPERATING SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE THROTTLE PRESSURE IS DECREASED.

FixREWORK THE GOVERNORS ON THE ENGINES TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF SERVO PINS.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA91050·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1991-11-26 → 1992-02-24

LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL

Led to recall92E005000

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