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Motor Coach Industries on certain motor coaches equipped with a slide switch to control the defroster blower speed, there is a speed controller for each of the two defroster fan motors.

NHTSA campaign 06V-241 · Reported June 7, 2006 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Motor Coach Industries
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DEFROSTER SPEED CONTROLLER FREE OF CHARGE.
COST
Free

The short version

MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC reported a problem with the visibility defroster/defogger/hvac system. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

ON CERTAIN MOTOR COACHES EQUIPPED WITH A SLIDE SWITCH TO CONTROL THE DEFROSTER BLOWER SPEED, THERE IS A SPEED CONTROLLER FOR EACH OF THE TWO DEFROSTER FAN MOTORS. THE SPEED CONTROLLER MAY FAIL CAUSING THE FAN MOTOR TO OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY IN THE "HIGH" SPEED MODE, AND THE CARRIER SLIDE SWITCH MAY FAIL TO REDUCE OR OTHERWISE CONTROL THE FAN MOTOR SPEED.

WHY IT MATTERS

THE SPEED CONTROLLER MAY OVERHEAT AND RESULT IN A THERMAL EVEN, SUCH AS SMOKING OR POSSIBLE FIRE.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DEFROSTER SPEED CONTROLLER FREE OF CHARGE.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 06V-241.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 06V-241

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

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