The defect
Temsa Global Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. (Temsa) is recalling certain model year 2012 TS30 motorcoaches manufactured November 2011, to December 2011; 2013 TS30 motorcoaches manufactured September 2012, to April 2013; and 2014 TS30 motorcoaches manufactured July 2013, to April 2014. In the affected vehicles, the driver may have a hard time seeing oncoming traffic from the right side at an intersection where the angle is less than ninety degrees.
The risk
The driver's reduced ability to easily see traffic approching from the right side increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Temsa will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional interior mirror to improve the driver's ability to see oncoming traffic, free of charge. The recall began on November 13, 2014. Owners may contact CH Bus Sales, US Agent for Temsa, at 1-877-858-3672.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Temsa TS30 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Components: VISIBILITY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temsa TS30 | 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| Temsa TS30 | 2013 | 0 | 7 |
| Temsa TS30 | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
Other visibility recalls in 2014
10 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the visibility; Temsa Global Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. filed 19 campaigns in all.
| 14V783000 9 Dec 2014 | ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC |
| 14V658000 20 Oct 2014 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 14V648000 16 Oct 2014 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 14V484000 6 Aug 2014 | Ford Motor Company |
| 14V473000 1 Aug 2014 | Nova Bus |
| 14V403000 2 Jul 2014 | Ford Motor Company |
| 14V404000 2 Jul 2014 | General Motors LLC |
| 14V375000 27 Jun 2014 | General Motors LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014