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2007 Orion Vii 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 Aug 25, 2008
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 Aug 25, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2007 Orion Vii. 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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ElectricalFuel system
Filed Aug 25, 2008
Fire reported

A PORT AUTHORITY OWNED 2006 ORION VI DIESEL POWERED AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON 6/28/08 AT ABOUT 12:00 A.M. FORTUNATELY THE BUS WAS NOT CARRYING PASSENGERS AT THE TIME, AS THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY AND DESTROYED THE BUS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ON-BOARD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM THAT DISCHARGED AGENT INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION BY A FORENSIC ENGINEER WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DIESEL FIRES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS THE WEAR AND SHORTING OF WIRES FROM THE ALTERNATOR THAT WERE CHAFFING ON THE #5 CYLINDER DIESEL INJECTOR LINE. UPON REMOVAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LINE WAS MELTED AND A HOLE BURNED THROUGH THE STEEL TUBE ALLOWING THE SPRAYING OF HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL FUEL. UPON INVESTIGATING OTHER BUSES OF THE SAME MANUFACTURING GROUP APPROXIMATELY 15 OUT OF 17 BUSES DISPLAYED AT LEAST SOME WEAR, AND 7 HAD PHYSICAL GROOVING ON THE INJECTOR LINE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10239647
Incident
Jun 28, 2008
Mileage
40,000 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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