Recall · 22V221000
Prevost Car (US) recalled 5 models over engine and engine cooling
6,342
Vehicles covered
5
Models
70
Model years
April 6, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
- The defect
- Prevost Car (US) Inc. (Prevost) is recalling certain 2010-2023 H3-45, H3-45 VIP, X3-45, X3-45 Com, and X3-45 VIP vehicles. In the event of the alternator front bearing seizing, the alternator belt may continue to operate, causing the bearing to overheat.
- What it can cause
- An overheated alternator bearing can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Prevost will replace the alternator belt, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 30, 2022. Owners may contact Prevost customer service at 1-866-870-2046.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| PrevostH3-45 | 2010 to 2023 | Not published here |
| PrevostH3-45 VIP | 2010 to 2023 | Not published here |
| PrevostX3-45 | 2010 to 2023 | Not published here |
| PrevostX3-45 Commuter | 2010 to 2023 | Not published here |
| PrevostX3-45 VIP | 2010 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 6,342 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 76% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2010 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 12 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Prevost vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 3 times before this, most recently in March 2016 as 16V133000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V461000 (visibility), 24V523000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 24V213000 (equipment), 24V178000 (steering).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Prevost Car (US) Inc. with NHTSA on April 6, 2022 as campaign 22V221000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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