Prevost Cars, Inc.: Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Prevost Cars, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 3, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 80. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Prevost Cars, Inc.(Prevost) is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 XL2, XL2 Shells, X3 Shell Converted Coaches, and X3 motorcoaches manufactured January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2011, and equipped with an automatic fire suppression system (AFSS) pressure tank in the engine compartment. The tank's pressure relief valve may not withstand the temperatures in the engine compartment, resulting in the venting of the extinguishing agent.
The risk
If the event of a fire, if the pressure tank has previously vented, the system would not be functional to help extinguish the fire, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Prevost will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the tank, free of charge. Owners were mailed interim notices on February 2, 2015. A second notice for owners to obtain the remedy was mailed on May 21, 2015. Owners may contact Prevost customer service at 1-877-773-8678. Prevost's number for this recall is SR15-01.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Prevost X3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Prevost XL2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Prevost X3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Prevost XL2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Prevost X3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Prevost XL2 | 0 | 2 | 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 14V771000.
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