Thermo King Tk486, model year 9999. Filed by Thermo King Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2012. 1,964 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Thermo King is recalling certain TK486 series diesel engines, manufactured from December 9, 2011, through April 3, 2012. The engines are used in cargo trailer climate control units and generator sets. The engines contain a fuel delivery valve that may crack.
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 12E041 cover?
- Thermo King TK486.
- What is wrong with them?
- Thermo King is recalling certain TK486 series diesel engines, manufactured from December 9, 2011, through April 3, 2012. The engines are used in cargo trailer climate control units and generator sets. The engines contain a fuel delivery valve that may crack.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The fuel delivery valve may crack and leak diesel fuel. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Thermo King will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel delivery valve free of charge. The recall began on November 5, 2012. Owners may contact Thermo King customer service center at 1-952-887-2200.
- 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: “The fuel delivery valve may crack and leak diesel fuel. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E041 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | THERMO KING CORP. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 October 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | THERMO KING TK486 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The fuel delivery valve may crack and leak diesel fuel. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
The remedy
Thermo King will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel delivery valve free of charge. The recall began on November 5, 2012. Owners may contact Thermo King customer service center at 1-952-887-2200.
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 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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E041, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e041/
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.
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All 4 Thermo King campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
551d20ac - Consequence
1a82cb7f - Remedy
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