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2009 Eldorado Aerotech Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 28, 2009
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Eldorado Aerotech, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Fuel system1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Fuel system

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

THE FUEL SYSTEM INSTALLED ON CUMMINS 5.9L NATURAL GAS ENGINES EASILY FOULS WITH COMPRESSOR CARRY OVER OIL AND THE VEHICLE STALLS, SPUTTERS, AND CAN NOT OBTAIN MINIMUM ROAD SPEED. BUSES SO EQUIPPED WITH THIS ENGINE HAVE STALLED REPEATEDLY IN DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS AREAS. CUMMINS CORPORATION HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS OR CORRECTION OF THIS DEFECT. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY RUNNING THESE ALTERNATE FUELED ENGINES. IN THIS TIME WHEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND GOING GREEN IS THE POLICY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS TIME CUMMINS CORPORATION STEPPED FORWARD AND CREATED A NATURAL GAS FUEL SYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN A REAL WORLD SITUATION. OUR OIL CARRY OVER SITUATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE ENGINEERS AT PARKER- HANNIFIN FILTRATION AND THEY DETERMINED THAT WE ARE SUPPLYING OUR VEHICLES WITH THE CLEANEST POSSIBLE FUEL OBTAINABLE. THIS MAKES CUMMINS CORPORATION 'S POSITION ALL THE MORE OBJECTIONABLE. WE WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FORCE CUMMINS CORPORATION TO REPAIR THE EXISTING DEFECTS AT THEIR OWN COST AND ALL NEW ENGINES SHALL BE CAPABLE OF USING FUELS MANUFACTURED IN REAL WORLD SITUATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS DEFECT SINCE THE 1999 MODEL YEAR THROUGH OUR MOST CURRENT 2009 ENGINES. ( NOTE: BUS MODEL IS AN ELDORADO NATIONAL EZ-RIDER II, 30 FOOT, LOW FLOOR TRANSIT BUS. MODELS LISTED ON SITE WERE NOT CURRENT FOR THIS MANUFACTURER). *TR

NHTSA ID 10267072 · filed Apr 28, 2009

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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Data sources

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