Setra Structure: Door

Setra is recalling about 63 vehicles over a problem with the structure. A detached door can increase the risk of injury to the coach occupants or the detached door could be a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
20V190000
Manufacturer
Daimler Coaches North America
Reported
2 April 2020
Vehicles
63
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
28 May 2020
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
4

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.

  • 2017-2020 Setra S417 TC

Repair progress

4 of 63 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2022.

94% repaired — 59 of 63 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

Daimler Coaches North America (Daimler Coaches) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Setra S417TC coaches. The front entrance door support frame may not be the correct size, and, as a result, the door may open and may detach from the vehicle while the coach is moving.

What could happen

A detached door can increase the risk of injury to the coach occupants or the detached door could be a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Daimler Coaches will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front entrance door support frame and holders at the base of the support frame, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin May 29, 2020.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA2 April 2020
  2. Owners notified28 May 2020
  3. Latest repair reportQ1 2022 — 94% 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 2 April 2020.

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 Daimler Coaches customer service at 1-416-624-3558. Daimler Coach's number for this recall is 72.00M20089A.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
72.00M20089A
Recalling manufacturer
Daimler Coaches 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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