Caterpillar 3116 1996

• Recall 989 [USA]: Once engine stall occurs the engine cannot be restarted, which may result in a situation where a vehicle crash could occur.
  Model no.: 3126e hydraulically controlled electronically actuated unit injected diesel eingines with high efficiency pumps (hep8) produced by caterpillar between june and september 2002 for use on medium duty on-highway engines. The pump components may experience a high pressure seal failure which can result in a short period of rough running and subsequent engine stall due to a loss of injection actuation pressure.
  owner notification began december 23, 2002. 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 caterpillar at 1-800-447-4986.
  also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

• Recall 11797 [USA]: If not identified and corrected, engine speed control could be lost due to rivet disengagement.
  Equipment description: mechanically unit injected diesel engines. The governor of the engine controls the unit injector fueling by way of a control assembly. In this assembly, a link to the governor is joined to the control rod using a rivet. This rivet can loosen and then wear resulting in engine speed instability.
  dealers will inspect the control assembly and replaced if necessary.
  owner notification began august 9, 1999.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 caterpillar at 1-309-675-5658. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

• Recall 1999168 [Canada]: Engine
  The rivet that retains the governor link to the rack bar can become loose. A loose rivet can result in rivet wear which in turn can result in poor engine performance symptoms including: low idle instability, engine dying form low idle or engine surge under operational loads. Correction: control assembly will be inspected and replaced if necessary.

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