NHTSA campaign 12V070000
Executive Coach Recall 12V-070: BATTERY SEPARATOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V070000 was reported by EXECUTIVE COACH BUILDERS on February 24, 2012, with 19 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Executive Coach Bus 550 and Executive Coach Limousine for model years 2009–2011. Owners were notified on February 14, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V070000 (also written 12V-070 or 12V070)
- Filed by
- EXECUTIVE COACH BUILDERS
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 19 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment — Electrical
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ12-001 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V070000. 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.
Executive Coach
Executive Coach Bus 550
Executive Coach Limousine
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V070000.
Defect description
EXECUTIVE COACH IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 LINCOLN TOWN CAR LIMOUSINES AND MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2011 FORD BUS 550 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SURE POWER BATTERY SEPARATOR DEVICES, DUE TO OVERHEATING.
Safety consequence
OVERHEATING OF THE BATTERY SEPARATOR CAN RESULT IN SMOKE AND POSSIBLE FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
EXECUTIVE COACH WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE BATTERY SEPARATORS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 14, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT EXECUTIVE COACH AT 888-322-9272.
Notes
EXECUTIVE COACH SAFETY RECALL NO. SP-011.CUSTOMERS MAY 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 12V070000
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.