Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500, Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 4500, Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 5500, Isuzu Npr, Isuzu Npr Hd, Isuzu Npr Xd, model years 2008 to 2018. Filed by Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 14 November 2017. 69,138 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. (Isuzu) is recalling certain 2011-2017 Isuzu NPR, 2008 NPR HD and NPR-HD Gas, 2011-2018 NPR HD and NRR, 2015-2018 NPR XD, 2012-2018 NQR, 2012-2017 NPR Gas and NPR-HD Gas, 2016-2017 Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500 HD, 3500 and 4500 and 2017-2018 Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 4500 HD, …
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The maker's own number for this recall: V1705. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V726 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 17V726 cover?
- Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500, Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 4500, Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 5500, Isuzu NPR, Isuzu NPR HD, Isuzu NPR XD, Isuzu NQR, Isuzu NRR, model years 2008-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. (Isuzu) is recalling certain 2011-2017 Isuzu NPR, 2008 NPR HD and NPR-HD Gas, 2011-2018 NPR HD and NRR, 2015-2018 NPR XD, 2012-2018 NQR, 2012-2017 NPR Gas and NPR-HD Gas, 2016-2017 Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500 HD, 3500 and 4500 and 2017-2018 Chevrolet Low...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Isuzu will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde to get a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in December 2017.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall V1705, 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: “In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V726 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 November 2017 |
| Model years | 2008-2018 |
| Vehicles named | CHEVROLET LOW CAB FORWARD 3500, CHEVROLET LOW CAB FORWARD 4500, CHEVROLET LOW CAB FORWARD 5500, ISUZU NPR, ISUZU NPR HD, ISUZU NPR XD, ISUZU NQR, ISUZU NRR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Isuzu will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde to get a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in December 2017. Owners may contact Isuzu customer service at 1-866-441-9638 or Walter Kidde customer service at 1-855-262-3540 or they may also visit www.kidde.com and click on "Product Safety Recall" to order replacement fire extinguishers free of charge. Isuzu's number for this recall is V1705. Note: This recall includes fire extinguishers provided as a remedy for previous Isuzu recall 15V778.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 4500 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 5500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Isuzu NPR recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Isuzu NPR HD recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Isuzu NPR XD recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Isuzu NQR recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Isuzu NRR recalls: 11 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 17V726, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v726/
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 17V726 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5fcee566 - Consequence
a7a67d49 - 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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