# NHTSA recall 10V227000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 10V227000
- Manufacturer's number: ALF\-0110
- Manufacturer: AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC
- Reported: 2010\-05\-27
- Owners notified: 2010\-06\-01
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Units potentially affected: 18

## What is wrong

AMERICAN LAFRANCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 HEAVY\-DUTY CLASS 8 EAGLE EMERGENCY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 3, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 16, 2010, AND EQUIPPED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 60 ENGINES.  THE SOFTWARE ON THESE ENGINES MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVER\-TEMPERATURE CONDITION IS DETECTED.


## What can happen

UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTDOWN COULD HAMPER RESCUE OPERATIONS AND PUT FIRST RESPONDERS AND OR THE PUBLIC AT RISK.


## The remedy

AMERICAN LAFRANCE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DETROIT DIESEL WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE BY REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE MOTOR CONTROL MODULE.  PLEASE SEE DAIMLER TRUCKS/DETROIT DIESEL'S DEFECT REPORT 10E\-005.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1\-800\-547\-0712 OR ON LINE HTTP://WWW.DETROITDIESEL.COM/SUPPORTNETWORK.


## Notes

AMERICAN LAFRANCE RECALL NO. ALF\-0110.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2010 AMERICAN LAFRANCE EAGLE](/makes/american-lafrance/eagle/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-02\-03 to 2010\-03\-16.

## Investigated as EQ10005

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EQ10005: Equipment query, opened 2010\-05\-10, closed 2010\-10\-12. Daimler Engine Unexpected Shut Down. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V227000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V227000/investigations)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V227000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V227000)

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