Motor Coach Industries: Fuel System, Diesel › Fuel Injection System › Fuel Rail
Motor Coach Industries reported this defect to federal regulators on May 18, 2021 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,845. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain 2017-2018 D4000, 2017-2019 D4005, D4000ISTV, D4505, 2017-2020 D4500, J4500, 2018-2020 D45CRTLE, and 2018-2021 J3500 vehicles. The sealing washer may not seat correctly in the pilot bore holes, allowing the high pressure fuel rail assembly to leak.
The risk
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the rail threads, and replace the rail as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 28, 2021. Owners may contact MCI customer service at 1-800-241-2947. MCI's number for this recall is R21-009.
26 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Mci J3500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Mci D4500 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Mci D45crtle | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Mci J3500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Mci J4500 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci D4005 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci D4500 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci D4505 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci D45crtle | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci J3500 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Mci J4500 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D4000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D4005 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D4500 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D4505 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci D45crtle | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci J3500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Mci J4500 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci D4000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci D4000istv | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci D4005 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci D4500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci D4505 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Mci J4500 | 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 21V364000.
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