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dgreen1069
Explorer
Jun 01, 2018

Should a Cummins ISL recall campaign scare me from buying?

I'm looking at a 2007 Newmar with an ISL engine. I called Spartan and Cummins and found that the engine has an open recall (campaign - C0713). The recall is for possible defective piston wrist pin....the recall pretty much just installs an early warning system.

Looks like this recall affects 2005-2007 motorhomes with ISL engines. From what I've read online, it seems the failure rate is around 3% with most saying it will either happen early or not at all. The coach I'm looking at has over 60k miles.

Should I be concerned or just get the coach and have the recall completed?
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  • BobR's avatar
    BobR
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2018
    You did some due diligence - Why ignore it! Only way I would buy is to get the cost of a rebuild ($20,000) discounted off the already negotiated sale price.
  • DownTheAvenue's avatar
    DownTheAvenue
    Explorer
    Jun 01, 2018
    dgreen1069 wrote:
    I'm also hopeful that if something catastrophic did happen, Cummins would step up to cover the damage.


    It is nice to hope for great things, and I hope, too, that you would be so blessed. However, I can almost guarantee that will not happen!
  • blownstang01's avatar
    blownstang01
    Explorer
    Jun 01, 2018
    I agree with the others, probably would have happened by now. But, if it were me I actually would lean More towards buying it. I don't know the language or expiration on the recall you're talking about, but I wouldn't mind having a coach that if the engine fails because of this I get a new one from Cummins.
  • Bruce_Brown's avatar
    Bruce_Brown
    Moderator
    Jun 01, 2018
    My opinion is if it was going to fail it certainly would have by now.

    In 2007 we bought a '08 Newmar with a '06 spec ISL in it. I don't think ours was part of the recall, either way, it's been fine.

    I wouldn't worry about it, even a little.
  • dgreen1069's avatar
    dgreen1069
    Explorer
    Jun 01, 2018
    dons2346 wrote:
    There hasn't been any postings about wrist pin failure on the boards I read. You know if there was a failure, it would be posted on every rv board there is. It would not bother me to but that coach


    There have definitely been a few failures as I found them during my Google search. That said, it seems most were 9-10 years ago.

    Reading about any problem on the internet makes it seem 1000x's worse than it might be. It's like Googling, "Chest Pain".......after 5 minutes of reading you will be sure you are dying.

    I'm hoping the higher mileage of this coach means it is in the clear. I'm also hopeful that if something catastrophic did happen, Cummins would step up to cover the damage.
  • Tom_Barb's avatar
    Tom_Barb
    Explorer
    Jun 01, 2018
    Buy with the price discounted at the cost of a used replacement engine.

    The wrist pin issue hasn't been a problem very, few engine have a failure.
  • dons2346's avatar
    dons2346
    Explorer
    Jun 01, 2018
    There hasn't been any postings about wrist pin failure on the boards I read. You know if there was a failure, it would be posted on every rv board there is. It would not bother me to but that coach

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