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Daimler Buses recall 10V015: Orion Ii, Orion V, Orion Vi and 1 more (1992 to 2009)

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Orion Ii, Orion V, Orion Vi, Orion Vii, model years 1992 to 2009. Filed by Daimler Buses North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 21 January 2010. 426 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Daimler buses is recalling certain orion transit buses equipped with the morse remote throttle control. the morse remote throttle control panel is located in the engine compartment and a switch on it is labeled, "throttle"; "off" or "front" and "on" or "rear" selecting the active engine control station. if a person …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V015 cover?
Orion Ii, Orion V, Orion Vi, Orion Vii, model years 1992-2009.
What is wrong with them?
DAIMLER BUSES IS RECALLING CERTAIN ORION TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH THE MORSE REMOTE THROTTLE CONTROL.
What can happen if it is not put right?
THE BUS COULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ANTICIPATED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DAIMLER WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO MODIFY THE WIRING TO THE MORSE THROTTLE CONTROL SWITCH. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 1, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER BUSES AT 1-800-716-7466.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE BUS COULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ANTICIPATED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

426vehicles potentially
affected
4models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 21 January 2010owners told 1 April 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 21 January 2010. Owners were written to 70 days later, on 1 April 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign10V015
Filed byDAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
System at faultPower Train:Clutch Assembly:Pedal/Hand Lever(Motorcycle)
Reported to NHTSA21 January 2010
Model years1992-2009
Vehicles namedORION II, ORION V, ORION VI, ORION VII

What the notice says today

The consequence

THE BUS COULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ANTICIPATED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

DAIMLER WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO MODIFY THE WIRING TO THE MORSE THROTTLE CONTROL SWITCH. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 1, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER BUSES AT 1-800-716-7466.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V015, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v015/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.

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