Denso fuel-pump recall expands to 3.5 million vehicles in U.S.

Denso is one of the biggest automotive parts suppliers on earth. It makes sense that a recall based on certainly one of its parts would be big, too. 

The company announced last month a recall of a low-pressure fuel pump, used in a lot more than 2 million vehicles. Now, it's added 1.5 million more to the recall list, for a total of three.53 million affected vehicles. Denso is definitely an affiliate of Toyota, so naturally Toyota is on the list. But the part has also been used in Hondas, Fords, Subarus and Mitsubishis bought from america.

No details were released on the models involved (it’s looking like the supplier might not understand what confirmed automaker used the part in). However the affected model years are 2021-2021.

Denso told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that “an impeller in some low-pressure fuel pumps can become deformed under certain conditions, which could render the fuel pump inoperable.” Meaning, the car could stall in traffic, a dangerous predicament.

If you have an automobile with this fuel pump, Denso says you’ll be notified by the automaker. However, as always with recalls, should you bought the vehicle used, the federal government and also the automaker may not know you’re the present owner. Which means you must take it upon you to ultimately enter your car’s VIN at NHTSA’s recall lookup page. And since the additional batch of cars was only recently announced, return later, in case NHTSA doesn’t possess the additional batch of vehicles listed yet.