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2007 Mci J4500 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 May 18, 2014
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 May 18, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2007 Mci J4500. 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.

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Powertrain (other)
Filed May 18, 2014
Crash reported

AS I WAS TRYING TO EASE MY WAY PAST ANOTHER VEHICLE BY USING LITE ACCELERATOR PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH, THE CLUTCH SUDDENLY ENGAGED CAUSING THE BUS TO LURCH FORWARD. IN DOING SO THE SPOT MIRROR ON THE RIGHT SIDE STRUCK THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE SITTING NEXT TO ME BREAKING THE GLASS. THIS BUS IS EQUIPPED WITH A ZF 12 SPEED TRANSMISSION WHICH I THINK IS THE PROBLEM. WHEN MOVING IN SLOW TRAFFIC THE CLUTCH KICKS IN AND OUT AUTOMATICLY WHEN EVER IT FEELS LIKE IT. SEVERAL TIMES IT FAILED TO KICK OUT CAUSING THE BUST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE FOOT WAS OFF THROTTLE PEDAL. I NEARLY REAR ENDED VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IS THE SLOW RESPONSE WHEN BEGINING TO MOVE. THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH NEEDS TO ENGAGE BEFORE BUS WILL MOVE. MANY TIMES THIS TAKES SOME TIME TO HAPPEN MAKING IT NECESSARY TO HOLD UP TRAFFIC BEFORE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE YOUR MOVE. IT ALSO BOGS DOWN DURING THE SEVERAL SHIFTS IT MAKES WHICH IN ITSELF COULD CAUSE THE CAR BEHIND YOU TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE BUS. I FEEL THIS TRANSMISSION OPTION IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN USED IN SLOW TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. *JS

NHTSA ID
10592234
Incident
May 16, 2014
Mileage
548,300 mi

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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