M.B. Sturgis Auto Changeover Regulator, model year 9999. Filed by M.B. Sturgis Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 1 June 2016. 2,083 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says M.B. Sturgis, Inc. (M.B. Sturgis) is recalling certain Auto Changeover Propane Gas Regulators, part number 108260, manufactured June 25, 2015, to July 17, 2015. In the affected regulators, the plastic fuel level gauge window may crack, allowing propane gas to leak out.
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.
M B Sturgis's own number for this recall: 250615 0012. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16E051 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 16E051 cover?
- M.b. Sturgis Auto Changeover Regulator.
- What is wrong with them?
- M.B. Sturgis, Inc. (M.B. Sturgis) is recalling certain Auto Changeover Propane Gas Regulators, part number 108260, manufactured June 25, 2015, to July 17, 2015. In the affected regulators, the plastic fuel level gauge window may crack, allowing propane gas to leak out.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A propane gas leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. M.B. Sturgis has notified the vehicle manufacturers that purchased the regulators, and their dealers will replace the regulator, free of charge. The recall began on May 23, 2016. Owners may contact M.B. Sturgis customer service at 1-888-291-6665. M.B. Sturgis' number for this recall is 250615 0012.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. M B Sturgis calls this recall 250615 0012, 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 propane gas leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16E051 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | M.B. Sturgis Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Recreational Vehicle/Trailer:LPG Systems |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 June 2016 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | M.B. STURGIS AUTO CHANGEOVER REGULATOR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A propane gas leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
M.B. Sturgis has notified the vehicle manufacturers that purchased the regulators, and their dealers will replace the regulator, free of charge. The recall began on May 23, 2016. Owners may contact M.B. Sturgis customer service at 1-888-291-6665. M.B. Sturgis' number for this recall is 250615 0012.
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 16E051, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16e051/
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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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 16E051 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
c42404a1 - Consequence
a66de638 - 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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