Cummins L9n, model year 9999. Filed by Cummins, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 17 October 2023. 104 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) is recalling certain L9N Natural Gas Engines, part number D883007BX03. The rear lifting bracket that attaches to the engine cylinder head may be insufficiently secured, which can allow it to detach.
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.
Cummins's own number for this recall: C2735. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23E080 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 23E080 cover?
- Cummins L9N.
- What is wrong with them?
- Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) is recalling certain L9N Natural Gas Engines, part number D883007BX03. The rear lifting bracket that attaches to the engine cylinder head may be insufficiently secured, which can allow it to detach.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A rear lifting bracket that detaches while the engine is being lifted can result in the engine falling or swinging, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the flanged stud in the rear lifting bracket, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2023. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467. Cummins number for this recall is c2735.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Cummins calls this recall C2735, 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 rear lifting bracket that detaches while the engine is being lifted can result in the engine falling or swinging, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23E080 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Cummins, Inc. |
| System at fault | Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 October 2023 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CUMMINS L9N |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A rear lifting bracket that detaches while the engine is being lifted can result in the engine falling or swinging, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the flanged stud in the rear lifting bracket, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2023. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467. Cummins number for this recall is c2735.
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 116 notices in the record whose component field names engine. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 50 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 23E080, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e080/
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.
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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 23E080 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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10f98ffd - 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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