Motor Coach Industries: Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Motor Coach Industries reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 21, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 145. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Motor Coach Industries, Inc. (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2015 D4000 vehicles manufactured June 8, 2015, to July 20, 2015, D4005 vehicles manufactured March 18, 2015, to July 10, 2015, D4500 vehicles manufactured December 19, 2014, to July 20, 2015, and D4505 vehicles manufactured December 18, 2014, to July 15, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the fuse block assembly for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning motors in the battery compartment may have been assembled incorrectly.
The risk
The incorrectly assembled fuse block may not protect the circuit and the connections may arc, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
MCI will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuse block assembly, free of charge. The recall began on November 2, 2015. Owners may contact MCI customer service at 1-800-241-2947.
4 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Mci D4000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Mci D4005 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Mci D4500 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 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 15V580000.
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