The issue
On certain motor coaches, insufficient weld and/or weld penetration could result in stress and fatigue cracks at a weld joining a gusset support from the front bogie leg to the steering box mounting plate. This crack could propagate and eventually cause a loss of steering control, which could result in a vehicle crash causing injury or death. Correction: Dealers will install an additional gusset and re-weld as required.
Description (français)
Sur certains autocars, une soudure ou une pénétration de soudure insuffisantes pourrait causer une contrainte et des fissures de fatigue au niveau d'une soudure joignant un support de gousset entre le support de l'essieu avant et la plaque de fixation du boîtier de direction. Cette fissure pourrait se propager et finir par causer une perte de contrôle de la direction, ce qui pourrait causer un accident et blesser quelqu'un ou entraîner des pertes de vie. Correction : Les concessionnaires devront poser un gousset supplémentaire et resouder au besoin.
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Vehicles covered
| Make and model | Model years |
|---|---|
| MCI G4500 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCI G4500 | 2001 | 0 | 8 |
| MCI G4500 | 2002 | 0 | 8 |
| MCI G4500 | 2003 | 0 | 8 |
| MCI G4500 | 2004 | 0 | 6 |