NHTSA Campaign 05V290000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

Issued by NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION · Reported Jun 14, 2005 · 465 vehicles affected

What's wrong

ON CERTAIN STANDARD FLOOR, LOW FLOOR AND ARTICULATED TRANSIT BUSES BUILT WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 50 ENGINES, THE TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR WHEEL CAN BREAK, RESULTING IN SHAFT IMBALANCE AND LUBRICATING OIL PASSES INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.

Consequence

THIS CAN RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURIES.

Remedy

NEOPLAN IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND HAVE THE REPAIR PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLES. DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND REPROGRAM THE EMC CALIBRATION. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NEOPLAN AT 719-336-3256 OR DETROIT DIESEL AT 313-592-3708.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
NEOPLAN AN440 1998 465
NEOPLAN AN440 1999 465
NEOPLAN AN440 2000 465
NEOPLAN AN440L 1998 465
NEOPLAN AN460 1999 465
NEOPLAN AN460 2000 465

Source: NHTSA Campaign 05V290000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.