Prevost Engine and Engine Cooling: Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings

Prevost is recalling about 1,348 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. Contact between the fuel line and the coolant line may cause a fuel leak and result in fuel spraying onto hot exhaust components increasing the risk of an engine compartment fire.

Campaign
16V133000
Manufacturer
Prevost Cars, Inc.
Reported
4 March 2016
Vehicles
1,348
Built between
Jun 2011 – Jan 2016
Models
6
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 April 2016
Repaired
83%
Unrepaired
227

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2011 and January 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2012-2016 Prevost H3-41Built June 2011 to January 2016
  • 2012-2016 Prevost H3-45Built June 2011 to January 2016
  • 2011-2016 Prevost H3-VIPBuilt June 2011 to September 2015
  • 2011-2016 Prevost X3-45 CoachBuilt June 2011 to September 2015
  • 2012-2016 Prevost X3-VIPBuilt January 2012 to December 2015
  • 2011-2013 Prevost XL2 EntertainerBuilt June 2011 to September 2015

Repair progress

227 of 1,348 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2017.

83% repaired — 1,121 of 1,348 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

Prevost Cars, Inc. (Prevost) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 H3-41 and H3-45, 2011-2016 H3-VIP, 2011-2016 X3-45 Coach vehicles, 2012-2016 X3-VIP vehicles, and 2011-2013 XL2 Entertainer vehicles. The coolant line on the affected vehicles may be missing a positioning clip, allowing the coolant line to rub against the braided fuel hose at one of the injectors.

What could happen

Contact between the fuel line and the coolant line may cause a fuel leak and result in fuel spraying onto hot exhaust components increasing the risk of an engine compartment fire.

What gets fixed

Prevost will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the fuel line for abrasion, replacing it as necessary. The fuel and coolant lines will be properly secured. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on April 20, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2011 to January 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 March 2016
  3. Owners notified20 April 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2017 — 83% 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 4 March 2016.

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 Prevost customer service at 1-418-883-3391. Prevost's number for this recall is SR16-18.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
SR16-18
Recalling manufacturer
Prevost Cars, 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

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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