NHTSA campaign 13V460000
COACH & EQUIPMENT Recall 13V-460: Electric Door Actuator May Lead to Fire
NHTSA recall 13V460000 was reported by Coach and Equipment Mfg Corp. on September 20, 2013, with 53 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the COACH & EQUIPMENT Metro-Lite and COACH & EQUIPMENT Phoenix for model years 2009–2010. Owners were notified on September 17, 2013, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 13V460000 (also written 13V-460 or 13V460)
- Filed by
- Coach and Equipment Mfg Corp.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 53 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Electrical System
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 13V460000. 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.
COACH & EQUIPMENT
COACH & EQUIPMENT Metro-Lite
COACH & EQUIPMENT Phoenix
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 13V460000.
Defect description
Coach and Equipment Manufacturing Corp. (Coach and Equipment) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 MetroLite and Phoenix transit buses manufactured August 2009 through May 2010 and equipped with an optional power door. The power actuator behind the door contains a PC Board that may overheat.
Safety consequence
Overheating of the PC board may result in a vehicle fire.
Manufacturer remedy
Coach and Equipment will notify owners, and service centers will inspect and replace any defective circuit board, free of charge. The recall began on September 17, 2013. Owners may contact Coach and Equipment at 1-315-536-2321.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 13V460000
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.