Ifs Electric Apu, model year 9999. Filed by Idle Free Systems, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 2 June 2011. 141 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Idle free is recalling certain auxiliary power units (apus) sold from october 2009 to may 2011, and installed as aftermarket equipment on heavy trucks. the welds on the metal housing of the frame rail system may crack and tear.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11E020 cover?
- Ifs Electric Apu.
- What is wrong with them?
- IDLE FREE IS RECALLING CERTAIN AUXILIARY POWER UNITS (APUS) SOLD FROM OCTOBER 2009 TO MAY 2011, AND INSTALLED AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT ON HEAVY TRUCKS. THE WELDS ON THE METAL HOUSING OF THE FRAME RAIL SYSTEM MAY CRACK AND TEAR.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF LEFT UNCHECKED, THE WELDS MAY COMPLETELY FAIL, ALLOWING THE APU TO FALL FROM THE FRAME RAIL. IF THE UNIT FAILS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED, THE UNIT COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. IDLE FREE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE A FRAME RAIL UPGRADE KIT, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 27, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT IDLE FREE SYSTEMS AT 1-608-492-2202.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “IF LEFT UNCHECKED, THE WELDS MAY COMPLETELY FAIL, ALLOWING THE APU TO FALL FROM THE FRAME RAIL. IF THE UNIT FAILS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED, THE UNIT COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR I…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11E020 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | IDLE FREE SYSTEMS, INC. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 June 2011 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | IFS ELECTRIC APU |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF LEFT UNCHECKED, THE WELDS MAY COMPLETELY FAIL, ALLOWING THE APU TO FALL FROM THE FRAME RAIL. IF THE UNIT FAILS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED, THE UNIT COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY.
The remedy
IDLE FREE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE A FRAME RAIL UPGRADE KIT, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 27, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT IDLE FREE SYSTEMS AT 1-608-492-2202.
What it said before
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This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11E020, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11e020/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
6412b91d - Consequence
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