Detroit Diesel Dd13, model year 9999. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 27 February 2012. 518 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler trucks (dtna) is recalling certain detroit diesel epa07 and epa10 dd13 engines manufactured from april 22, 2009, through february 1, 2012. these engines were installed as original equipment on various heavy duty trucks and emergency vehicles. the pump to rail high pressure fuel line support system used on …
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Detroit Diesel's own number for this recall: 12C-2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12E009 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12E009 cover?
- Detroit Diesel DD13.
- What is wrong with them?
- DAIMLER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN DETROIT DIESEL EPA07 AND EPA10 DD13 ENGINES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 22, 2009, THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2012. THESE ENGINES WERE INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VARIOUS HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED BY DTNA AUTHORIZED SERVICE FACILITIES, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER, DEALER, AND DISTRIBUTOR DATES WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON PARTS AVAILABILITY. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Detroit Diesel calls this recall 12C-2, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E009 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Diesel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 February 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | DETROIT DIESEL DD13 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED BY DTNA AUTHORIZED SERVICE FACILITIES, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER, DEALER, AND DISTRIBUTOR DATES WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON PARTS AVAILABILITY. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
What it said before
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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12E009, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e009/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12E009 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
bedc0cd4 - Consequence
1c49f7dd - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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