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OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

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Seats

Reported Jan 20, 2016 · Motor Coach Industries

Summary

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.

Consequence

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.

Remedy

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.

Notes

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.safercar.gov.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

2016 Mci D4000ISTV2016 Mci D40052016 Mci D45052016 Mci D45002015 Mci D45052015 Mci J45002015 Mci D45002015 Mci D40002015 Mci D40052014 Mci D4000ISTV2014 Mci D45002014 Mci D45052014 Mci D40002013 Mci D45052013 Mci J45002013 Mci D40052013 Mci D4000ISTV2013 Mci D45002012 Mci D45052012 Mci D40052012 Mci D40002012 Mci D45002012 Mci D4000ISTV2012 Mci J45002011 Mci D45002011 Mci D40002011 Mci D40052011 Mci J45002011 Mci D45052010 Mci D4500

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This is model-level recall history. It does not confirm whether a particular VIN is affected or has received the repair. Check with NHTSA ↗