Denso Fuel Pump, model year 9999. Filed by DENSO International America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 17 November 2020. 2,483,801 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Denso International America Inc. (Denso) is recalling certain fuel pumps. An impeller within the low pressure fuel pump may crack and deform, potentially causing the fuel pump to fail.
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 20E085 cover?
- Denso Fuel Pump.
- What is wrong with them?
- Denso International America Inc. (Denso) is recalling certain fuel pumps. An impeller within the low pressure fuel pump may crack and deform, potentially causing the fuel pump to fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Denso has notified the affected vehicle and aftermarket equipment manufacturers who may conduct recalls as necessary to replace the fuel pumps. The recall schedule will be decided by vehicle manufacturers.
- 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 fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20E085 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DENSO International America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 November 2020 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | DENSO FUEL PUMP |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Denso has notified the affected vehicle and aftermarket equipment manufacturers who may conduct recalls as necessary to replace the fuel pumps. The recall schedule will be decided by vehicle manufacturers. For DENSO-related questions, please contact DENSO NA Corporate Communications at NA-DIAM-Corp-Communications@na.denso.com or 1-248-372-8261. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 20E-026.
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 470 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, gasoline. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20E085, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20e085/
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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