The defect
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 D4000, D4000ISTV, D4005, D4500, and D4505 motorcoaches manufactured from May 2012 through December 2012 and equipped with a Cummins ISX EPA 2010 engine. In the affected buses, the bellows pipe in the exhaust system may have been incorrectly assembled, which could result in a failure of the pipe during operation.
The risk
During a regeneration process to clean exhaust emissions, if the bellows pipe has failed, the hot exhaust gases may not be contained, resulting in a fire.
The remedy
MCI will notify owners and dealers will inspect and replace the bellows pipes, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 29, 2013. Customers may contact MCI at 1-847-285-2000.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| MCI D4000 | 2012, 2013 |
| MCI D4000ISTV | 2012, 2013 |
| MCI D4005 | 2012, 2013 |
| MCI D4500 | 2012, 2013 |
| MCI D4505 | 2012, 2013 |
Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
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 D4000 | 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| MCI D4000 | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| MCI D4000ISTV | 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| MCI D4000ISTV | 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| MCI D4005 | 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| MCI D4005 | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| MCI D4500 | 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| MCI D4500 | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| MCI D4505 | 2012 | 0 | 8 |
| MCI D4505 | 2013 | 0 | 6 |
Other engine and engine cooling recalls in 2013
12 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the engine and engine cooling; Motor Coach Industries filed 45 campaigns in all.
| 13V641000 20 Dec 2013 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 13V592000 22 Nov 2013 | Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC |
| 13V497000 17 Oct 2013 | Fontaine Modification |
| 13V467000 18 Sept 2013 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
| 13V380000 23 Aug 2013 | Manning Equipment Inc. LLC |
| 13V341000 5 Aug 2013 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 13V314000 16 Jul 2013 | Lotus Cars USA, Inc. |
| 13V177000 7 May 2013 | Chrysler Group LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013