The defect
Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain 2018 London Aire, King Aire, and Essex motorhomes built on Spartan Motors chassis and equipped with Cummins ISX 15L engines. These engines have a fuel pump whose drive gear could possibly slip on its drive shaft, causing a fuel pump function loss, resulting in an engine stall.
The risk
Failure of the fuel pump will result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Spartan will notify the vehicle owners, and Cummins dealers will replace the fuel pumps, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2017. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467, Spartan customer service at 1-800-543-5008 or Newmar customer service at 1-800-731-8300. Newmar's number for this recall is 17015.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Newmar Essex | 2018 |
| Newmar King Aire | 2018 |
| Newmar London Aire | 2018 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newmar Essex | 2018 | 0 | 17 |
| Newmar King Aire | 2018 | 1 | 11 |
| Newmar London Aire | 2018 | 0 | 14 |
Other fuel system, diesel recalls in 2017
12 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the fuel system, diesel; Newmar Corporation filed 120 campaigns in all.
| 17V780000 6 Dec 2017 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 17V618000 4 Oct 2017 | Prevost Cars, Inc. |
| 17V581000 20 Sept 2017 | Rosenbauer Motors |
| 17V406000 14 Aug 2017 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 17V450000 19 Jul 2017 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 17V443000 13 Jul 2017 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 17V441000 13 Jul 2017 | Entegra Coach |
| 17V409000 28 Jun 2017 | Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017