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Daimler Bus recall 10V538: Orion Vi (1995 to 2000)

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Orion Vi, model years 1995 to 2000. Filed by Daimler Buses North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 2 November 2010. 217 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Daimler bus is recalling certain model year 1995 through 2000 transit buses manufactured from january 1996 through december 2000. these buses are configured with a tapped fitting for the hydraulic wheelchair ramp. in the engine compartment connected to the hydraulic pump is a fitting with an adapter for the wheelchair …

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V538 cover?
Orion Vi, model years 1995-2000.
What is wrong with them?
DAIMLER BUS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1995 THROUGH 2000 TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1996 THROUGH DECEMBER 2000. THESE BUSES ARE CONFIGURED WITH A TAPPED FITTING FOR THE HYDRAULIC WHEELCHAIR RAMP.
What can happen if it is not put right?
HYDRAULIC FLUIDS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAN BE IGNITED BY THE HOT TURBOCHARGER AND CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. BUS OWNERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON 3, DECEMBER 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER BUSES AT 1-800-716-7566.
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: “HYDRAULIC FLUIDS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAN BE IGNITED BY THE HOT TURBOCHARGER AND CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE.”

217vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 2 November 2010owners told 3 December 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 2 November 2010. Owners were written to 396 days later, on 3 December 2011. 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.
Campaign10V538
Filed byDAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
System at faultEquipment Adaptive/Mobility
Reported to NHTSA2 November 2010
Model years1995-2000
Vehicles namedORION VI

What the notice says today

The consequence

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAN BE IGNITED BY THE HOT TURBOCHARGER AND CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE.

The remedy

BUS OWNERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON 3, DECEMBER 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER BUSES AT 1-800-716-7566.

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 289 notices in the record whose component field names equipment adaptive/mobility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 36 days.

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

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V538, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v538/

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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