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Year · Make · Model

1981 Motor Coach MC9

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
87V074000·STEERING:LINKAGES1987-05-21

THERE MAY NOT BE PROPER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MALE TAPER OF THE BALL STUD AND THE FEMALE TAPER OF THE PITMAN ARM.

RiskSTEERING DRAG LINK COULD LOOSEN AND DISENGAGE FROM THESTEERING GEAR PITMAN ARM, AND RESULT IN A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

FixREPAIR TO ENSURE THAT COACHES HAVE A GOOD, TIGHT PITMAN ARM/DRAG LINK JOINT.

83V011000·VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR1983-01-07

THE WINDOW LATCH AND LOCK COMPONENTS MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ALIGNED; CONSEQUENTLY, THE STAINLESS STEEL KEEPER (STRIKER) MAY CAUSE WEAR ON THE ALUMINUM LATCH. OPERATION OF THE WINDOW LATCH CAN BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. WINDOWS IN THE AFFECTED COACHES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 217, "BUS WINDOW RETENTION AND RELEASE".

FixDEALER WILL INSPECT AND ALIGN LATCH COMPONENTS. THE SPECIFIC REPAIR PROCEDURE DEPENDS ON THE MAUFACTURER OF THE WINDOW.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE88004·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-10-16 → 1987-11-19

FAST IDLE AIR CYL FAILURES

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