The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Starcraft All Star XL transit buses manufactured by October 17, 2012, to November 26, 2012, and 2013 Starcraft XLT transit buses manufactured October 14, 2012, to November 26, 2012. The affected vehicles are equipped with Navistar engines that have fuel injectors that may fail.
The risk
If one or more fuel injectors fail, the engine may misfire, causing a loss of performance, possibly resulting in an engine stall and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and Navistar dealers will recalibrate the engine control module (ECM) software, free of charge. The recall began on September 9, 2015. Owners may contact Navistar customer service at 1-800-448-7825 or Forest River customer service at 1-574-389-4600. Forest River's number for this recall is 05-08102015-0071.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Starcraft Bus ALL Star XL | 2013, 2014 |
| Starcraft Bus XLT | 2013 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starcraft Bus ALL Star XL | 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus ALL Star XL | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus XLT | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
Other fuel system, other recalls in 2015
8 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the fuel system, other; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 15V844000 16 Dec 2015 | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| 15V538000 24 Aug 2015 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 15V532000 20 Aug 2015 | Oshkosh Corporation |
| 15V485000 4 Aug 2015 | New Flyer Industries Ltd. |
| 15V105000 23 Feb 2015 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 15V027000 23 Jan 2015 | Autocar, LLC |
| 15V010000 14 Jan 2015 | Winnebago Towable |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015