Vehicle speed control (Cummins)
Vehicle equipment recall 91E-048. NHTSA received CUMMINS ENGINE CO.’s report on Dec 23, 1991.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CUMMINS ENGINE CO.’s report on Dec 23, 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?
LOSS OF GOVERNED SPEED AND THROTTLE CONTROL WITHOUT PRIORNOTICE CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
THE FAILURE OF A PIN IN THE INTERNAL GOVERNOR LINKAGE RESULTS IN LOSS OF ENGINE SPEED CONTROL.
THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND THE GOVERNED SPEED ARE LOST WHEN THIS PIN SEPARATES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Vehicle speed control.
What should you do?
REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: ENGINE.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL ENGINES, MODELS 4B3.9 - (239 CID),CPL 1260 (105 HP), AND CPL 0986 (120 HP) INSTALLED IN DELIVERY TRUCKS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 470 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Cummins Diesel EngineBuilt from Jun 1, 1991 to Dec 1, 1991
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).
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