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2000 Mci 102DL3 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Feb 6, 2012
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 6, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Mci 102DL3. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

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Suspension
Filed Feb 6, 2012

FIRST GROUP ALLEGES TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL DRIVESHAFT FAILURES BEGINNING IN MARCH 2010 WHICH WERE NOT CONTAINED BY THE SAFETY LOOPS ON THE SUBJECT MCI BUSES. THEY BELIEVE THAT TWO OF THE EVENTS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE INJURIES AND FATALITIES DUE AN "UNLOCKED CONDITION" OF THE STEERABLE TAG AXLE AND A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE DESIGN IN QUESTION HAS BEEN IN PRODUCTION SINCE THE EARLY 1990S. A STEERABLE TAG AXLE IS USED TO INCREASE THE GVWR WHILE REDUCING THE TURNING RADIUS AND MINIMIZING THE TIRE SCRUB WHICH WOULD NORMALLY OCCUR WITH A TANDEM REAR AXLE CONFIGURATION. IN THIS CASE, THE TRANSMISSION COUPLES TO THE DRIVESHAFT WHICH THEN PASSES THROUGH A GUARDIAN STRUCTURE IN THE TAG AXLE AND A DEDICATED SAFETY LOOP BEFORE IT COUPLES TO THE DRIVE AXLE. INCREASED ENGINE LENGTH IN THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS SHORTENED THE DRIVESHAFT.

NHTSA ID
10447575
Incident
Dec 14, 2011

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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