Motor Coach Industries: Seats
Motor Coach Industries reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 20, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 607. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 and 2015 J4500 coaches manufactured November 18, 2011, to July 10, 2015, 2011-2012 and 2014-2015 D4000 coaches manufactured manufactured September 24, 2010, to September 5, 2015, 2011-2013 and 2015-2016 D4005 coaches manufactured January 17, 2011, to November 23, 2015, 2012-2014 and 2016 D4000ISTV coaches manufactured July 18, 2012, to December 2, 2015, 2010-2016 D4500 coaches manufactured April 15, 2010, to December 18, 2015 and 2011-2016 D4505 coaches manufactured December 15, 2010, to December 4, 2015. The affected buses are equipped with certain Recaro Ergo-M Commercial Bus Driver Seats that have J-Brackets that may be missing welds which could allow the seat belt anchorage assembly to separate from the J-Bracket.
The risk
If the seatbelt anchorage assembly separates from the J-Bracket, the bus driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash increasing their risk of injury.
The remedy
MCI will notify owners and dealers will inspect the seats and determined if welds are missing. Any J-Bracket that is missing welds will be removed and replaced, free of charge. The recall began on February 15, 2016. Owners may contact MCI at 1-800-241-2947. MCI's number for this recall is SB 431.
30 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Mci D4005 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Mci D4500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Mci D4505 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 2015 Mci J4500 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mci D4000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mci D4500 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mci D4505 | 0 | 7 | 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 |
| 2013 Mci J4500 | 0 | 7 | 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 |
| 2012 Mci J4500 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mci D4000 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mci D4005 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mci D4500 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mci D4505 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mci J4500 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Mci D4500 | 0 | 10 | 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 16V020000.
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