Eldorado Equipment: Electrical

Eldorado is recalling about 1,765 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. High resistance may cause the board to overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.

Campaign
13V408000
Manufacturer
Eldorado National- Kansas
Reported
6 September 2013
Vehicles
1,765
Built between
Not published
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
4 November 2013
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.

  • 2010 Eldorado Aero Elite
  • 2010 Eldorado Aerolite
  • 2010 Eldorado Aerotech

What the defect is

Eldorado National – Kansas (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2010 Aerotech, Aero Elite, and Aerolite buses manufactured from August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010, equipped with A&M Systems door headers containing model 3230 circuit boards. Voltage spikes may damage electrical components and electrical circuits, causing the circuit board to develop high resistance.

What could happen

High resistance may cause the board to overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Eldorado will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the door header and replace any defective circuit board, free of charge. The safety recall began on November 4, 2013.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA6 September 2013
  2. Owners notified4 November 2013

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 6 September 2013.

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 Eldorado at 1-574-522-5000 ext. 15.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Eldorado National- Kansas
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 Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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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