Prevost X3-45 Coach, X3-45 Vip, H3-45 Vip, H3-45 Coach. Published by Transport Canada as 2022191 on 14 April 2022. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, if the front bearing on the alternator fails, the alternator belts could continue to turn the alternator. This could cause the alternator bearing to overheat.
Safety Risk:
An overheated alternator bearing could create the risk of a fire.
Corrective Actions:
Prevost will notify …
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Prevost X3-45 COACH in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2022191
- Recall date
- 14 April 2022
- Make
- Prevost
- Models
- X3-45 Coach, X3-45 Vip, H3-45 Vip, H3-45 Coach
- Model years
- 2010 to 2022
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,219
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, if the front bearing on the alternator fails, the alternator belts could continue to turn the alternator. This could cause the alternator bearing to overheat.Safety Risk:
An overheated alternator bearing could create the risk of a fire.Corrective Actions:
Prevost will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a Prevost service center to replace the alternator belts. To reduce the safety risk, Prevost recommends that you should inspect the front bearing on the alternator regularly, and not operate the engine with a defective alternator.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2022191.
Prevost elsewhere in this register
Prevost is named on 115 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2022273 · 26 May 2022 · X3-45 Coach · Visual System
- 2022529 · 19 September 2022 · X3-45 Coach · Seats And Restraints
- 2021741 · 9 December 2021 · X3-45 Coach · Structure
- 2023097 · 24 February 2023 · H3-45 Coach, H3-45 Vip · Accessories
- 2023152 · 20 March 2023 · H3-45 Coach · Structure
- 2023154 · 20 March 2023 · H3-45 Vip, H3-45 Coach · Lights And Instruments
- 2023379 · 11 July 2023 · H3-45 Coach, H3-45 Vip · Lights And Instruments
- 2023378 · 12 July 2023 · H3-45 Vip, H3-45 Coach · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2022217 · 28 April 2022 · Grand Cherokee, Durango · Engine
- 2022152 · 29 March 2022 · Escape, Bronco Sport · Engine
- 2022133 · 23 March 2022 · S7, S6, A8 · Engine
- 2022122 · 16 March 2022 · Golf R, GTI · Engine
- 2022107 · 10 March 2022 · Sonata · Engine
- 2022266 · 23 May 2022 · Q5, A5 · Engine
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Prevost H3-45 Vip, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Prevost: 115 in the register, and 637 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2022.
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