Motor Coach Industries: Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Motor Coach Industries reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 16, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 155. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 D4000, D4000ISTV, D4005, D4500, and D4505 motorcoaches manufactured from May 2012 through December 2012 and equipped with a Cummins ISX EPA 2010 engine. In the affected buses, the bellows pipe in the exhaust system may have been incorrectly assembled, which could result in a failure of the pipe during operation.
The risk
During a regeneration process to clean exhaust emissions, if the bellows pipe has failed, the hot exhaust gases may not be contained, resulting in a fire.
The remedy
MCI will notify owners and dealers will inspect and replace the bellows pipes, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 29, 2013. Customers may contact MCI at 1-847-285-2000.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Mci D4000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Mci D4005 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Mci D4500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Mci D4505 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mci D4000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mci D4005 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mci D4500 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mci D4505 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V142000.
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