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Motor Coach Industries recall 16V020000

Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 and 2015 J4500 coaches manufactured November 18, 2011, to July 10, 2015, 2011-2012 and 2014-2015 D4000 coaches manufactured manufactured September 24, 2010, to September 5, 2015, 2011-2013 and 2015-2016 D4005 coaches manufactured January 17, 2011, to November 23, 2015, 2012-2014 and 2016 D4000ISTV coaches manufactured July 18, 2012, to December 2, 2015, 2010-2016 D4500 coaches manufactured April 15, 2010, to December 18, 2015 and 2011-2016 D4505 coaches manufactured December 15, 2010, to December 4, 2015. The affected buses are equipped with certain Recaro Ergo-M Commercial Bus Driver Seats that have J-Brackets that may be missing welds which could allow the seat belt anchorage assembly to separate from the J-Bracket.

Reported 01/20/2016

What can happen

If the seatbelt anchorage assembly separates from the J-Bracket, the bus driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash increasing their risk of injury.

Repair

MCI will notify owners and dealers will inspect the seats and determined if welds are missing. Any J-Bracket that is missing welds will be removed and replaced, free of charge. The recall began on February 15, 2016. Owners may contact MCI at 1-800-241-2947. MCI's number for this recall is SB 431.

Components

  • Seats

Affected years and models

A listed year and model does not mean every vehicle in that group is recalled. Use the VIN lookup to confirm a specific vehicle.

2016 Mci D4000ISTVView records2016 Mci D4005View records2016 Mci D4500View records2016 Mci D4505View records2015 Mci D4000View records2015 Mci D4005View records2015 Mci D4500View records2015 Mci D4505View records2015 Mci J4500View records2014 Mci D4000View records2014 Mci D4000ISTVView records2014 Mci D4500View records2014 Mci D4505View records2013 Mci D4000ISTVView records2013 Mci D4005View records2013 Mci D4500View records2013 Mci D4505View records2013 Mci J4500View records2012 Mci D4000View records2012 Mci D4000ISTVView records2012 Mci D4005View records2012 Mci D4500View records2012 Mci D4505View records2012 Mci J4500View records2011 Mci D4000View records2011 Mci D4005View records2011 Mci D4500View records2011 Mci D4505View records2011 Mci J4500View records2010 Mci D4500View records