Setra Electrical System

Setra is recalling about 306 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. An electrical overload may result in a short circuit or vehicle fire.

Campaign
14V369000
Manufacturer
Setra of North America
Reported
25 June 2014
Vehicles
306
Built between
Aug 2010 – Apr 2014
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
31 July 2014
Repaired
13%
Unrepaired
266

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2010 and April 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2012-2014 Setra S407 CCBuilt August 2010 to March 2014
  • 2011-2014 Setra S417 TCBuilt August 2010 to April 2014

Repair progress

266 of 306 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2015.

13% repaired — 40 of 306 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Setra of North America (Setra) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 S417 TC motorcoaches manufactured August 2010 to April 2014, and 2012-2014 S407 CC motorcoaches manufactured August 2010 to March 2014. There may be an electrical overload in the control unit of the lights.

What could happen

An electrical overload may result in a short circuit or vehicle fire.

What gets fixed

Setra will notify owners, and dealers will replace the control unit, free of charge. The recall began on July 31, 2014.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2010 to April 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA25 June 2014
  3. Owners notified31 July 2014
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2015 — 13% repaired

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 25 June 2014.

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 call Setra customer service at 1-866-624-2622. Setra's number for this recall is 82.10M08198C. This recall supersedes NHTSA Recall No. 13V-465 and Setra has expanded the original population to include an additional 63 motorcoaches.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
82.10M08198C
Recalling manufacturer
Setra of North America
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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