NHTSA campaign 05V290000
Neoplan Recall 05V-290: ENGINE TURBOCHARGER/SERIES 50/DETROIT DIESEL
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V290000 was reported by NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION on June 14, 2005, with 465 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Neoplan AN440, Neoplan AN460 and Neoplan AN440L for model years 1998–2000.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V290000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V290000 (also written 05V-290 or 05V290)
- Filed by
- NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 465 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Engine and Engine Cooling — Engine — Other Fuel Types — Turbo/Supercharger
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE04-026 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V290000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Neoplan
Neoplan AN440
Neoplan AN440L
- 1998 · Vehicles built September 1, 1998 – September 30, 1998 (per NHTSA)
Neoplan AN460
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V290000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN STANDARD FLOOR, LOW FLOOR AND ARTICULATED TRANSIT BUSES BUILT WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 50 ENGINES, THE TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR WHEEL CAN BREAK, RESULTING IN SHAFT IMBALANCE AND LUBRICATING OIL PASSES INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.
Safety consequence
THIS CAN RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURIES.
Manufacturer remedy
NEOPLAN IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND HAVE THE REPAIR PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLES. DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND REPROGRAM THE EMC CALIBRATION. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NEOPLAN AT 719-336-3256 OR DETROIT DIESEL AT 313-592-3708.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO 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.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V290000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.