Caterpillar Tractor Co.: Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Caterpillar Tractor Co. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 1, 1990 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 11,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
INCORRECT TORQUE ON THE GOVERNOR INPUT ASSEMBLY COULD CAUSE IT TO LOOSEN AND BACK OUT, INTERFERING WITH THE GOVERNOR HOUSING OPERATION. ALSO THE TORSION SPRING ON THE ACCELERATOR INPUT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY AND COULD DISLODGE, PREVENTING THE GOVERNOR AND ACCELERATOR FROM PROPERLY CONTROLLING THE ENGINE SPEED.
The risk
WITHOUT GOVERNOR OPERATION, THE DRIVER COULD OVERSPEED THE ENGINE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE SPEED.
The remedy
ASSURE PROPER ASSEMBLY AND TORQUE ON 8C8580 BOLT, AND PROPER INSTALLATION OF 7W9526 TORSION SPRING.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Caterpillar 3116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 90E024000.
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