Turtle Top Equipment: Air Conditioner

Turtle Top is recalling about 15 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Overheating of the condenser unit wires could result in a fire causing property damage, personal injury or death.

Campaign
10V092000
Manufacturer
TURTLE TOP
Reported
12 March 2010
Vehicles
15
Built between
May 2009 – Oct 2009
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 March 2010
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2009 and October 2009. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2009 Turtle Top Odyssey XLBuilt May 2009 to October 2009

What the defect is

Turtle top is recalling certain model year 2009 odyssey transit buses equipped with carrier K410 rooftop condensers. Inadequate overcurrent protection of one or more of the fans in the K410 condenser may cause overheating of the fan's wires.

What could happen

Overheating of the condenser unit wires could result in a fire causing property damage, personal injury or death.

What gets fixed

TURTLE TOP WILL NOTIFY OWNERS TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED CARRIER DEALER TO OBTAIN THE REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE ALSO SEE CARRIER'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-055. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 18, 2010.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2009 to October 2009
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 March 2010
  3. Owners notified18 March 2010

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 12 March 2010.

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 carrier at 1-800-673-2431.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TURTLE TOP
Recall initiated by
MFR

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

Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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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