NHTSA campaign 10V087000 · Manufacturer campaign 341

MCI Recall 10V-087: WHEELCHAIR LIFT

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 10V087000 (Manufacturer campaign 341) was reported by MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC on March 9, 2010, with 4,457 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the MCI D4500, MCI D4000 and MCI D4505 for model years 2000–2010. Owners were notified on March 31, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 10V087000 (also written 10V-087 or 10V087)
Filed by: MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC
Manufacturer campaign number: 341
Report received: March 9, 2010
Potentially affected: 4,457 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Owners notified: March 31, 2010
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE10-001 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V087000. 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.

MCI

MCI D4000
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built June 1, 2000 – February 28, 2009 (per NHTSA)
MCI D4500
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built December 1, 2000 – November 30, 2009 (per NHTSA)
MCI D4505
- 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built May 1, 2005 – March 30, 2007 (per NHTSA)

All MCI recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V087000.

Defect description

MCI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000-2009 D4000, MODEL YEAR 2001-2010 D4500 AND MODEL YEAR 2005-2007 D4505 COACHES EQUIPPED WITH RICON WHEELCHAIR LIFT (WCL) AND A CASSETTE-TYPE WCL COMPARTMENT DOOR. THE WHEELCHAIR LIFT MAY BECOME DISENGAGED FROM A LOCKED POSITION AND SLIDE UNRESTRAINED ON ITS ROLLERS IN THE STORAGE STRUCTURE, POTENTIALLY BREAKING THROUGH THE CASSETTE DOOR AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR WHEN THE COACH IS IN MOTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE COACH IS MAKING A LEFT TURN.

Safety consequence

IF THE COACH IS IN MOTION, POTENTIAL INJURY TO PERSONS AND/OR DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES OR PROPERTY COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

MCI WILL PROVIDE PARTS AND LABOR TO INSTALL FREE OF CHARGE TO CUSTOMERS, A RICON DESIGNED RETROFIT KIT THAT INCLUDES A SPRING LOADED LOCK MECHANISM. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 31, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MCI CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AT 1-800-241-2947.

Notes

MCI RECALL NO. 341.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 10V087000

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.