Ifs Reefer Option Aux Power Interface, model year 9999. Filed by Idle Free Systems, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 29 August 2016. 507 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Idle Free Systems, Inc. (IFS) is recalling certain IFS Auxiliary Power Units with the Reefer-type trailer Link Kit option manufactured January 1, 2010, to May 31, 2016. In the affected power units, the battery positive cable may short to ground.
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 16E069 cover?
- Ifs Reefer Option Aux Power Interface.
- What is wrong with them?
- Idle Free Systems, Inc. (IFS) is recalling certain IFS Auxiliary Power Units with the Reefer-type trailer Link Kit option manufactured January 1, 2010, to May 31, 2016. In the affected power units, the battery positive cable may short to ground.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the positive battery cable short circuits, it can increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. IFS has notified owners, and dealers will install a supplemental auxiliary battery bank positive terminal fuse, free of charge. The recall began on September 19, 2016. Owners may contact IFS customer service at 1-920-206-9333. IFS' number for this recall is RLK.
- 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 the positive battery cable short circuits, it can increase the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16E069 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Idle Free Systems, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Wiring |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 August 2016 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | IFS REEFER OPTION AUX POWER INTERFACE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the positive battery cable short circuits, it can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
IFS has notified owners, and dealers will install a supplemental auxiliary battery bank positive terminal fuse, free of charge. The recall began on September 19, 2016. Owners may contact IFS customer service at 1-920-206-9333. IFS' number for this recall is RLK.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16E069, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16e069/
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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Other Ifs notices we hold
- 15E034: Electric Auxiliary Power Units (APU), part number BA600, manufactured October 1, 2009, to April 30, 2015
- 12E027: auxiliary power units (APU), model MT-HR-H-06, manufactured from February 2010 through December 2011 and installed as aftermarket equipment on heavy trucks
All 3 Ifs campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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