9999 JOHN DEERE ENGINE Recall
- Campaign:
- 97E010000 on 04/16/1997
- Component:
- Fuel system, other
- Manufactured:
- 10/31/1995 - 02/27/1997
- Affected:
- 198
- Defect:
- Equipment description: 8.1 liter compressed natural gas (cng) engines. the electronic control module (ecm) in these engines contain a manufacturing defect which results in intermittent electrical contact and causes incorrect electronic signals to be sent to the engine throttle control.
- Consequence:
- This condition can create the potential for sudden acceleration or deceleration of the engine increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Dealers will install a new, improved ecm and associated hardware. however, due to the potential serious consequences, all buses powered by these cng engines must be immediately removed from service.
- Notes:
- Owner notification:owner notification began april 1, 1997. note: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 john deere at 1-319-292-5226.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
9999 JOHN DEERE ENGINE TSBs (2)
- Bulletin:
- PIP-10RG264
- Component:
- 061320 engine and engine cooling:engine:other fuel types:turbo-charger
- Summary:
- John deere engine: a program has been implemented to replace turbochargers on a fix as fail basis (rg6081h) on 8.1 cng engines in urban transit buses in california. no models or model years listed. *pe
- Bulletin:
- SB-255
- Component:
- 061120 engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo-charger
- Summary:
- Vactor: certain john deere engines, triggered by low voltage monitoring, are equipped with turbo solenoid cycling, which causes excessive wear every 10 seconds of cycling. *pe
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