Setra Engine and Engine Cooling: Diesel

Setra is recalling about 335 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. Reprogramming the ECM will prevent the potential of a turbocharger failure from progressing to an engine compartment fire.

Campaign
06V233000
Manufacturer
SETRA OF NORTH AMERICA
Reported
29 June 2006
Vehicles
335
Built between
Mar 2003 – May 2006
Models
1
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 March 2003 and May 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2003-2006 Setra S417Built March 2003 to May 2006

What the defect is

On certain motor coaches equipped with detroit diesel series C-60 engines, the electronic control module (ECM) will require to be reprogrammed to current mainframe calibrations.

What could happen

Reprogramming the ECM will prevent the potential of a turbocharger failure from progressing to an engine compartment fire.

What gets fixed

DETROIT DIESEL IS CONDUCTING THIS RECALL (PLEASE SEE 06E019000) AND WILL REPROGRAM THE ECM TO CURRENT MAINFRAME CALIBRATIONS FREE OF CHARGE.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2003 to May 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA29 June 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 29 June 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 setra at 905-403-7807.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
SETRA OF NORTH AMERICA
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.

Same component

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