NHTSA campaign 12V189000 · Manufacturer campaign 20122

NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. Recall 12V-189: PINCH BOLTS

NHTSA recall 12V189000 (Manufacturer campaign 20122) was reported by NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. on May 2, 2012, with 50 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Optima Opus for model years 2007–2009. Owners were notified on June 7, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V189000 (also written 12V-189 or 12V189)
Filed by: NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Manufacturer campaign number: 20122
Report received: May 2, 2012
Potentially affected: 50 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Steering — Column
Owners notified: June 7, 2012

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V189000. 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.

Optima

Optima Opus
- 2007, 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built August 8, 2007 – September 21, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Optima recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V189000.

Defect description

NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES (NABI) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2009 OPTIMA OPUS29 AND OPUS34 MODEL TRANSIT BUSES, MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 8, 2007, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21, 2009. THE PINCH BOLTS IN THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT MAY LOOSEN TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY MAY FALL OUT ALLOWING THE STEERING SHAFT TO SEPARATE.

Safety consequence

SEPARATION OF THE STEERING SHAFT WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

NABI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPAIR VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 7, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NABI AT 1-256-831-4296.

Notes

THIS IS NABI RECALL 20122.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 12V189000

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.