Equipment: electrical (Thermo King)
Vehicle equipment recall 91E-030. NHTSA received WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.’s report on Jan 19, 1991.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.’s report on Jan 19, 1991. 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?
FRACTURE OF SHAFT WHILE GENERATOR IS IN USE MAY CAUSEFLYING DEBRIS AND RESULT IN INJURY TO ANYONE IN VICINITY.
THE MATERIAL USED IN THE PAWL AND SHAFT OF THE TWO TOP LOCKING MECHANISMS IN CONTAINER CLIP-ON DIESEL SETS DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TENSILE STRENGTH OR WAS NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED, AND COULD CAUSE THE PAWL AND SHAFT TO FRACTURE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: electrical.
What should you do?
REPLACE THE CAST IRON SHAFTS WITH FORGED STEEL SHAFTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: GENERATOR.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: 15 KW DIESEL GENERATOR; MODELS; M9, M9A, M9B, M10, M10A,M19, M19A AND M19B USED IN TRANSPORT TAILERS TO POWER REFRIGERATION UNITS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 463 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Thermo King GeneratorBuilt from Jan 1, 1987 to Jan 1, 1991
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP..
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.