NHTSA campaign 09V318000

DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC. Recall 09V-318: PASSENGER WINDOWS

NHTSA recall 09V318000 was reported by DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC. on August 7, 2009, with 824 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Orion VII for model years 2006–2009. Owners were notified on October 21, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V318000 (also written 09V-318 or 09V318)
Filed by: DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Report received: August 7, 2009
Potentially affected: 824 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Visibility — Glass, Side/Rear
Owners notified: October 21, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V318000. 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.

Orion

Orion VII
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

All Orion recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V318000.

Defect description

DAIMLER BUS NORTH AMERICA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2009 ORION VII TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 2007 THROUGH JULY 2009. THE PASSENGER WINDOWS HAVE A TIP-IN TRANSOM WINDOW WHICH IS ATTACHED BY SCREWS. THESE SCREWS MAY LOOSEN AND THE WINDOW MAY DISLODGE AND FALL INTO THE BUS.

Safety consequence

A COLLAPSING WINDOW COULD INJURE PASSENGERS.

Manufacturer remedy

AN INTERIM NOTICE WAS SENT TO OWNERS ON OCTOBER 21, 2009 INSTRUCTING THEM TO CHECK THAT THE SCREWS ARE PROPERLY TIGHTENED AND TO INSPECT THEM PERIODICALLY. A PERMANENT REPAIR IS NOW AVAILABLE AND OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS TO REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. AN OWNER NOTIFICATION ADVISING OWNERS ABOUT THE PERMANENT FREE REMEDY WILL BE MAILED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 27, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA AT 1-800-716-7466.

Notes

OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V318000

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.