MCI Electrical System

Mci is recalling about 46 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. The entrance door will close without warning, increasing the risk of personal injury to people entering or exiting the bus.

Campaign
12V086000
Manufacturer
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC
Reported
5 March 2012
Vehicles
46
Built between
Not published
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 April 2012
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2012 MCI D4000ISTV
  • 2012 MCI D4500
  • 2012 MCI D4505

What the defect is

Motor coach industries, INC (mci) is recalling certain model year 2012 D4505, D4500, and D4000ISTV motor coaches, equipped with a sedan style entrance door and an actia multiplex system. Thirty minutes after the park brake is set and the ignition is turned off, the entrance door will close without warning.

What could happen

The entrance door will close without warning, increasing the risk of personal injury to people entering or exiting the bus.

What gets fixed

MCI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND REMEDY THE AFFECTED COACHES BY REPROGRAMMING THE MULTIPLEX SYSTEM, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 11, 2012.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA5 March 2012
  2. Owners notified11 April 2012

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 5 March 2012.

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 mci at 1-800-241-2947.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
384
Recalling manufacturer
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC
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

Mci recall campaign number 384.CUSTOMERS may 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.

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