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MCI recall 10V135: Mci E4500, Mci J4500 (1999 to 2011)

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Mci E4500, Mci J4500, model years 1999 to 2011. Filed by Motor Coach Industries, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 6 April 2010. 1,261 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Mci is recalling certain model year 1999-2001, 2007-2011 e4500 and model year 2001-2011 j4500 coaches equipped with doga windshield motors. the windshield wiper motor may fail to operate properly while the wiper system is functioning. if this occurs, the windshield wipers may operate intermittently, operate at a …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V135 cover?
Mci E4500, Mci J4500, model years 1999-2011.
What is wrong with them?
MCI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1999-2001, 2007-2011 E4500 AND MODEL YEAR 2001-2011 J4500 COACHES EQUIPPED WITH DOGA WINDSHIELD MOTORS. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MAY FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE THE WIPER SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING.
What can happen if it is not put right?
IF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING, THE DRIVER'S CLEAR FIELD OF VIEW MAY BE REDUCED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL FURNISH THE PARTS AND LABOR REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE DOGA-RECOMMENDED REMEDIES ON THE AFFECTED COACHES. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MCI CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-241-2947.
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: “IF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING, THE DRIVER'S CLEAR FIELD OF VIEW MAY BE REDUCED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

1,261vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 6 April 2010owners told 31 July 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 6 April 2010. Owners were written to 116 days later, on 31 July 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 is in the slowest tenth of the register.
Campaign10V135
Filed byMOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC
System at faultVisibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer:Motor
Reported to NHTSA6 April 2010
Model years1999-2011
Vehicles namedMCI E4500, MCI J4500

What the notice says today

The consequence

IF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING, THE DRIVER'S CLEAR FIELD OF VIEW MAY BE REDUCED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL FURNISH THE PARTS AND LABOR REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE DOGA-RECOMMENDED REMEDIES ON THE AFFECTED COACHES. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MCI CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-241-2947.

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 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 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 10V135, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v135/

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.

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