Glad I did my homework. I guess you don't realize that the Y43 recall is not the one that is associated with the Cummins fine nor is it the one that TFL is doing videos about. The Y43 recall was started back in '22 for trucks that shipped from Ram without a Particulate Sensor. Cummins had nothing to do with it, it was all Ram. Ram did this due to parts shortages at the time and received permission from the govt to ship those trucks with the understanding they would install the sensors as supply caught up.https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10243212-9999.pdf
You sure TFL's truck will get recalled? This Y43 recall notice is over six months old and states:
"NOTE: Some vehicles above may have been identified as not involved in this campaign and therefore have been excluded from this campaign."
TFL is betting that their truck will be the subject of a recall like the 2013-2018 trucks, and they fully admitted that their recall has not been released yet. For TFL to have a vehicle that may be recalled, this is a fantastic way to generate viewership/income for their business. I don't fault them as many owners are keyed into these exact results to find out if they should get the fix or not. I bet many truck websites wish they had an affected truck, and some are probably actively seeking one out right now to air the same before/after comparison. Why not? If I owned one, I'd like to know if it changes anything before I got it done. So, Tim, you gonna send Jill out to shop for a 2018 Ram?...lol
Unfortunately for TFL, if you go to the EPAs website, the announcement from Jan 10th says the 2019-2023 trucks will not be recalled. Could change, but I doubt it. That should end TFLs video series for now. Maybe they'll trade their 2022 for a 2018? Regardless, the EPA/CARB figured it out in 2019. They're just forcing Cummins to go back and fix the rest and the recall is 67A.
From the EPA website:
"The vehicles included in the recalls are model years 2013 through 2019 Ram 2500 and 3500 diesel vehicles. Model year 2020 – 2023 vehicles are not subject to the recalls. The recalls will ensure the vehicles comply with all the Clean Air Act’s applicable nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission standards."
Also from the EPA:
Cummins developed software that helped the vehicles pass emission testing but increased emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in normal driving conditions and used it model years 2013 through 2018. Cummins developed different illegal software that increased emissions of nitrogen oxides for use in model year 2019 Ram 2500 and 3500 diesel vehicles. This kind of software is known as a defeat device because it is designed to cheat emission reduction requirements. In all, Cummins installed alleged defeat device software in 630,000 Ram 2500 and 3500 diesel vehicles, model years 2013-2019.
Additionally, Cummins failed to disclose to EPA and CARB other software in these vehicles and in an additional 330,000 vehicles from model years 2019-2023; although this failure to disclose also violated the Clean Air Act, this software calibration did not include defeat device features and therefore did not create excess emissions.
In addition, from CARBs website: