Cummins Powerdrive Ev, model year 9999. Filed by Cummins, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 April 2021. 329 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) is recalling certain PowerDrive EV part numbers 4000EV, 6000EV, and 7000EV electric drivetrains. The drivetrain may experience an electromagnetic noise on the Control Area Network (CAN) bus, which can cause a loss of electrical power to the power steering pump.
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 21E033 cover?
- Cummins Powerdrive Ev.
- What is wrong with them?
- Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) is recalling certain PowerDrive EV part numbers 4000EV, 6000EV, and 7000EV electric drivetrains. The drivetrain may experience an electromagnetic noise on the Control Area Network (CAN) bus, which can cause a loss of electrical power to the power steering pump.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of assisted power steering increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the High Voltage Low Power Inverter Harness, and install an overlay harness, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed October 25, 2021. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467.
- 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: “A loss of assisted power steering increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21E033 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Cummins, Inc. |
| System at fault | Steering |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 April 2021 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CUMMINS POWERDRIVE EV |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of assisted power steering increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the High Voltage Low Power Inverter Harness, and install an overlay harness, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed October 25, 2021. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21E033, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21e033/
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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- 24E038: Cummins L9 diesel engines with part number D563027BX03
- 23E080: L9N Natural Gas Engines, part number D883007BX03
All 45 Cummins campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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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 21E033 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4ad9ef79 - Consequence
d106e342 - 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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