- Vehicles
- 111
- Built between
- Sep 2001 – Oct 2004
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 6 January 2005
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2001 and October 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2002-2005 General Coach M1030Built September 2001 to October 2004
- 2002-2005 General Coach M1030LBuilt September 2001 to October 2004
- 2002-2005 General Coach M1035Built September 2001 to October 2004
- 2002-2005 General Coach M1035LBuilt September 2001 to October 2004
What the defect is
Certain buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, 'bus emergency exits and window retention and release.' the operating instruction decals for the emergency latches may not have been placed on the emergency exit windows.
What gets fixed
OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH LABELS AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS THAT DESCRIBE THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR PROPER PLACEMENT OF THE WINDOW DECAL. THE RECALL BEGAN JANUARY 6, 2005.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2001 to October 2004
- Recall reported to NHTSA23 December 2004
- Owners notified6 January 2005
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 December 2004.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners should contact general coach at 1-800-842-0622.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- GENERAL COACH AMERICA, INC.
- Recall initiated by
- OVSC
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.