{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "East Penn Manufacturing Manufacturing recall 23E044: Deka Batteries, Model 648MF",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e044/",
  "summary": "Recall 23E044 (East Penn Manufacturing): An electrical spark increases the risk of injury.",
  "excerpt": "East Penn Manufacturing Deka Car Battery, model year 9999. Filed by East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 9 June 2023. 2,139 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. (East Penn) is recalling certain Deka batteries, model 648MF. The electrical connection between the internal battery cell and external terminal may be incomplete, which can cause an electrical spark. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An electrical spark increases the risk of injury.” 23E044 East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery 9 June 2023 9999-9999 EAST PENN MANUFACTURING DEKA CAR BATTERY An electrical spark increases the risk of injury. East Penn will reimburse owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 22, 2023. Owners may contact East Penn customer service at 1-888-844-7704. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass. This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component fiel",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T22:59:53+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T22:21:22+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"East Penn Manufacturing Manufacturing recall 23E044: Deka Batteries, Model 648MF\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e044/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}