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Daimler Buses North America passenger windows have a TIP-IN transom window which is attached by screws.

NHTSA campaign 09V-318 · Reported July 8, 2009 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Daimler Buses North America
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
AN INTERIM NOTICE WAS SENT TO OWNERS ON OCTOBER 21, 2009 INSTRUCTING THEM TO CHECK THAT THE SCREWS ARE PROPERLY TIGHTENED AND TO INSPECT THEM PERIODICALLY.
COST
Free

The short version

DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC. reported a problem with the visibility glass, side/rear. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

THE PASSENGER WINDOWS HAVE A TIP-IN TRANSOM WINDOW WHICH IS ATTACHED BY SCREWS. THESE SCREWS MAY LOOSEN AND THE WINDOW MAY DISLODGE AND FALL INTO THE BUS.

WHY IT MATTERS

A COLLAPSING WINDOW COULD INJURE PASSENGERS.

WHAT TO DO

AN INTERIM NOTICE WAS SENT TO OWNERS ON OCTOBER 21, 2009 INSTRUCTING THEM TO CHECK THAT THE SCREWS ARE PROPERLY TIGHTENED AND TO INSPECT THEM PERIODICALLY, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 09V-318.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 09V-318

What changed

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

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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