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In this edition
The Oct. 17 to 23, 2026 edition covers a recall of 39,052 diesel engines over fuel filter hoses with insufficient crimping, The ASSEMBLY Show and The Quality Show opening Oct. 27, ISO’s Paris Statement on climate adaptation, record crowds at PACK EXPO, and a quiet week on the IATF wire.
Recall Desk · Impact 85
Check the Crimp
NHTSA recall 26E066, acknowledged by NHTSA in a letter dated Sept. 30, covers 39,052 diesel engines with a remote fuel filter, built from Dec. 7, 2020 to April 10, 2026, for installation in transit buses, trucks, recreational vehicles and fire trucks. The filing estimates 3 percent have the defect. Per the Part 573 report, the remote fuel filter hoses “can become separated from the fuel fitting,” and the cause is stated plainly: the hoses “may have insufficient crimping of the connector, possibly resulting in insufficient hose retention.” A hose that lets go stalls the engine, and a fuel leak near an ignition source raises the risk of fire.
The chronology is the part to study. After a hose redesign went into production in April 2026, the engine maker spent June 1 to Sept. 4 evaluating the earlier hose designs used as remedies in prior recalls, “to assess in-service performance of those designs.” Based on that evaluation, it decided on Sept. 22 to replace the hoses on these engines with the redesigned parts. The filing does not say what the evaluation found. New engine builds stopped using the suspect hoses on April 11, and the remedy is hoses with improved connector crimps.
Vehicle makers followed with their own recalls: 26V660 covers 2,592 trucks and chassis, 26V662 covers 177 motorhomes, and 26V669 covers coaches, with owner letters planned for Nov. 19 and 20. 26V660 and 26V662 reached the weekly recall listing of Oct. 19. The filings name the engine maker, its supplier and the vehicle makers; this paper names none of them.
On the floor Monday
Pull your last closed supplier corrective action and confirm its effectiveness check uses evidence from after the fix, not just a pass at final inspection. For crimped or swaged joints, ask the supplier for pull off or retention test data on the current design.
Source: NHTSA recall 26E066, Part 573 report and acknowledgement letter, Sept. 30, 2026; NHTSA Part 573 report 26V669; NHTSA recall records 26V660 and 26V662, primary; FRVA weekly recall list, Oct. 19, 2026, secondary.
Trade Show Desk · Impact 50
The Quality Show Opens Tuesday
The ASSEMBLY Show and The Quality Show run Oct. 27 to 29 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. Tuesday brings the Quality Track, curated by Quality magazine’s editors and covering inspection, metrology, AI, process improvement and quality management. ASQ’s Measurement Quality Division holds its conference alongside under separate registration, and ASQ’s presentations on the show floor are free. No rates or deadlines are printed here; check the registration page before you go.
On the floor Monday
If you’re going, pack your last out of tolerance gauge report and ask exhibitors how their system would have caught it sooner.
Source: The ASSEMBLY Show and The Quality Show pages, organizer.
Standards Desk
ISO Signs On to Climate Adaptation
ISO members approved the Paris Statement at the ISO Annual Meeting 2026, held in Paris Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, and the statement was published this week. It builds on ISO’s 2021 climate commitment, adding a stronger focus on adaptation, ecosystem resilience and nature conservation alongside climate mitigation, under ISO Strategy 2030. It is a policy statement, not a new requirement for any plant.
Source: Quality Digest, reproducing ISO’s release, Oct. 20, 2026, secondary. ISO’s own page did not open for this desk.
Trade Show Desk
PACK EXPO Opens to Record Crowds
PACK EXPO International ran Oct. 18 to 21 at McCormick Place in Chicago, with early attendance reported as record breaking. Trade press counted 2,700 exhibitors across more than 1.3 million net square feet, more than 150 free sessions on the floor, and nearly 40 industry organizations in the association pavilion. FABTECH ran Oct. 21 to 23 in Las Vegas; this desk found no recap, so it reports none.
Source: PACK EXPO organizer page, for dates; Plastics Today, Oct. 19, 2026, secondary.
Auto Beat
Quiet Week on the IATF Wire
The IATF Global Oversight news list showed nothing new dated Oct. 17 to 23. Its newest item remains CB Communiqué 2026-005 of Sept. 18, on consistent, risk based handling of OEM performance complaints in the IATF Complaint Management System. No OEM customer specific requirement changed in the window.
Source: iatfglobaloversight.org, Latest News, checked Oct. 23, 2026.
Background · Outside this week’s window
An OEM Updated Its CSRs in June
One automaker posted updated IATF 16949 and PPAP customer specific requirements on June 30. IATF’s summary lists seven IATF CSR changes and six PPAP CSR changes, including FMEA and control plan approvals and a gauge R&R clarification. If you ship to that customer and haven’t run the new revision against your procedures, it’s worth an hour. This paper names no OEM; the documents are on the IATF site.
Source: iatfglobaloversight.org, Latest News, June 30, 2026.
Calendar
Courses and a Conference
AIAG lists its IATF 16949 understanding and internal auditor course Oct. 26 to 29, in person and live virtual, and lead auditor training Nov. 2 to 6. The International Robot Safety Conference runs Nov. 3 to 5 at Huntington Place in Detroit.
Source: AIAG training listings, aiag.org; Quality Magazine, Oct. 7, 2026, secondary.