- Vehicles
- 4,765
- Built between
- Jan 2000 – Feb 2006
- Models
- 11
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 2000 and February 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2000-2005 MCI 102EL3Built December 2000 to June 2005
- 2000-2006 MCI DBuilt January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI D4000Built January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI D4005Built January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI D4500Built January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI D4505Built January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI DistvBuilt January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2006 MCI DL3Built January 2000 to February 2006
- 2000-2005 MCI E4500Built December 2000 to June 2005
- 2001-2004 MCI G4500Built January 2001 to December 2004
- 2001-2006 MCI J4500Built August 2000 to January 2006
What the defect is
On certain motor coaches equipped with detroit diesel series 60 engines, the turbocharger compressors can fail.
What could happen
A fire can result should the turbocharger fail.
What gets fixed
DETROIT DIESEL IS CONDUCTING THIS RECALL (PLEASE SEE 06E019000) AND WILL REMEDY THESE MOTOR COACHES. THE ENGINES WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 2000 to February 2006
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 April 2006
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 27 April 2006.
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 may contact detroit diesel at 313-592-3708 or motor coach at 866-624-2622.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
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 may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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.