Diamond Coach Ibd, Diamond Coach Ps, Diamond Coach Pt, Diamond Coach Vip, model years 2006 to 2010. Filed by Diamond Coach Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 14 February 2011. 1,320 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Diamond coach is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 buses manufactured from january 1, 2006 through december 31, 2010, and equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units. due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.
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.
Diamond Coach's own number for this recall: CAR-11-1. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V099 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V099 cover?
- Diamond Coach Ibd, Diamond Coach PS, Diamond Coach PT, Diamond Coach Vip, model years 2006-2010.
- What is wrong with them?
- DIAMOND COACH IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2010 BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1, 2006 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010, AND EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS. DUE TO TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND/OR VIBRATION, THE FUSE MAY LOOSEN IN THE FUSE HOLDER RESULTING IN HIGH RESISTANCE AND ARCING.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DIAMOND COACH WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE RETROFIT KIT FROM CARRIER ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 24, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CARRIER HOTLINE AT 1-800-793-4741.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Diamond Coach calls this recall CAR-11-1, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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 SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V099 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DIAMOND COACH CORPORATION |
| System at fault | Equipment:Appliance:Air Conditioner |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 February 2011 |
| Model years | 2006-2010 |
| Vehicles named | DIAMOND COACH IBD, DIAMOND COACH PS, DIAMOND COACH PT, DIAMOND COACH VIP |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.
The remedy
DIAMOND COACH WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE RETROFIT KIT FROM CARRIER ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 24, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CARRIER HOTLINE AT 1-800-793-4741.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 11V099, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v099/
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.
Other Diamond Coach notices we hold
- 26V406: 2025-2026 VIP motorcoaches equipped with certain QRT-360 wheelchair retractors
- 25V861: 2025 VIP buses equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints
- 24V360: 2023-2024 VIP 2200 transit buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats
- 19V419: one 2017 VIP 2800 vehicle equipped with an ASA Electronics Voyager monitor used to display the back-up camera image
- 19V145: 2018 Transit MPV/VTUM and 2018 PT 2000 transit buses equipped with Freedman GO-ES Foldaway Seats
- 12V263: MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 PT AND VIP BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS
All 7 Diamond Coach campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V099 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b5adbeb9 - Consequence
65e361df - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 11V099 · how the whole register is watched
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