Engine and engine cooling: engine (Cummins)
Vehicle equipment recall 82E-002. NHTSA received CUMMINS ENGINE CO.’s report on Jan 18, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CUMMINS ENGINE CO.’s report on Jan 18, 1982. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FLYWHEELS IN SOME OF THE INVOLVED ENGINES HAVE CRACKS LOCATED WITHIN THE PILOT BORE AREA.
THESE CRACKS MAY PROGRESS UNDER OPERATIONAL STRESSES AND LEAD TO FRAGMENTATION OF THE FLYWHEEL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: engine.
What should you do?
THE MANUFACTURER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE ENGINE FLYWHEEL WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: ENGINE; FLYWHEEL.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: A BROKEN FLYWHEEL WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOPFUNCTIONING. A DISABLED VEHICLE COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 936 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Cummins CumminsBuilt from Nov 1, 1981 to Nov 1, 1981
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CUMMINS ENGINE CO..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.