NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE12007
Preliminary Evaluation · Motor Coach Industries · POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
An investigation is not a finding that a defect exists.
NHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
What NHTSA is examining
The agency's own description of the inquiry, quoted as published
MCI Driveshaft Safety Loop Failures
ODI has identified certain MCI coaches with powertrain configurations that may allow a driveshaft separated at the rearward universal joint to escape the guardian structure of the steerable tag axle and damage steering and braking components.The damaged components may increase the risk of a loss of vehicle control. The subject coaches include 806 model year 1992 through 2012 MCI D and E series motor coaches with steerable tag axles.This Preliminary Evaluation is being upgraded to an Engineering Analysis (EA12-007) to further study the alleged defect and to determine if a safety defect exists. The ODI report cited above can be viewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID: ODI Number 10447575.
An investigation is a separate record from a recall and from a manufacturer communication. A manufacturer campaign to repair a safety defect or a failure to meet a federal safety standard.
Investigation details
Identifiers, dates and outcome as recorded by NHTSA
- Action number
- PE12007
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- Motor Coach Industries
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
- Opened
- Mar 21, 2012
- Closed
- Sep 20, 2012
- Associated recall campaign
- None recorded
Vehicles named in this investigation
148 model years across 16 models
- Mci 102D3
- Mci 102DL3
- Mci 102DL3SS
- Mci 102DLC3
- Mci 102DLH3
- Mci 102DLS3
- Mci D
- Mci D Series
- Mci D4000
- Mci D4000ISTV
- Mci D4005
- Mci D4500
- Mci D4500/102DL3
- Mci D4505
- Mci Distv
- Mci DL3
Being named here means NHTSA included the vehicle in the scope of its inquiry. It is not a statement that these vehicles have a defect.