Recall · 23V240000
Motor Coach Industries recalled 3 models over equipment
140
Vehicles covered
3
Models
9
Model years
April 5, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
- The defect
- Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain 2019-2021 D45CRTLE, J3500, and J4500 coaches, equipped with a rear-mounted bike rack. The vehicle's rear lighting may be obstructed when bikes are installed on the bike rack. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- Obstructed rear lighting may reduce the visibility of the vehicle to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- MCI will provide instructions and a kit to add lighting to the rear-mounted bike rack, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 31, 2023. Owners may contact MCI customer service at 1-800-241-2947.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MCI D45CRTLE | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| MCI J3500 | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| MCI J4500 | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 140 vehicles this is a small campaign: 66% of the 16,744 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one are as large or larger. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
MCI vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 4 times before this, most recently in August 2011 as 11V449000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 12 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V645000 (electrical system), 25V853000 (structure), 24V073000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 21V971000 (fuel system, diesel).
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 Motor Coach Industries with NHTSA on April 5, 2023 as campaign 23V240000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2023-04-05.
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