NABI Engine and Engine Cooling: Diesel

Nabi is recalling about 48 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. A fire can occur.

Campaign
06V308000
Manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reported
11 August 2006
Vehicles
48
Built between
Nov 2005 – Dec 2005
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 November 2005 and December 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005 NABI 40LFWBuilt November 2005 to December 2005

What the defect is

On certain transit buses equipped with caterpillar C9 diesel engines, injector o-ring failures can result in oil being discharged through the valve cover.

What could happen

A fire can occur.

What gets fixed

CATERPILLAR IS CONDUCTING THIS RECALL (PLEASE SEE 06E046) AND WILL REPAIR THE ENGINES FREE OF CHARGE.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtNovember 2005 to December 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 August 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 11 August 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 caterpillar at 1-800-447-7332, or nabi at 256-831-4296.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
20061
Recalling manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS 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

Nabi recall no. 20061.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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