Setra S407 Cc, Setra S417, Setra S417 Tc, model years 2009 to 2013. Filed by Setra Of North America and reported to NHTSA on 23 November 2012. 198 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Setra is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 S417, S417TC, and S407CC motorcoaches, manufactured from May 2009 through June 2012. An incorrect routing of the ground wire near the alternator may lead to the chaffing and abrasion of the wire.
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.
Setra's own number for this recall: 15.40U08377A. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V547 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 12V547 cover?
- Setra S407 CC, Setra S417, Setra S417 TC, model years 2009-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Setra is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 S417, S417TC, and S407CC motorcoaches, manufactured from May 2009 through June 2012. An incorrect routing of the ground wire near the alternator may lead to the chaffing and abrasion of the wire.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A damaged alternator ground wire could result in a short circuit and may lead to a vehicle fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Setra's designated importer, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), will be conducting this recall. MCI will notify owners and will reroute the wiring free of charge. The safety recall began on December 14, 2012. Owners may contact Motor Coach Industries at 1-502-318-3077.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Setra calls this recall 15.40U08377A, 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: “A damaged alternator ground wire could result in a short circuit and may lead to a vehicle fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V547 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | SETRA OF NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Alternator/Generator/Regulator |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 November 2012 |
| Model years | 2009-2013 |
| Vehicles named | SETRA S407 CC, SETRA S417, SETRA S417 TC |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A damaged alternator ground wire could result in a short circuit and may lead to a vehicle fire.
The remedy
Setra's designated importer, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), will be conducting this recall. MCI will notify owners and will reroute the wiring free of charge. The safety recall began on December 14, 2012. Owners may contact Motor Coach Industries at 1-502-318-3077.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Setra S407 CC recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Setra S417 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Setra S417 TC recalls: 14 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V547, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v547/
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 Setra notices we hold
- 18V327: 2017-2018 Setra S417 TC and S407 CC motorcoaches
- 18V106: 2006-2010 S417
- 17V329: 2017 Setra S407CC motor coaches
- 16V142: model year 2005-2009 S417 coaches manufactured March 1, 2005, to February 28, 2009, that had service part lower control arm(s) installed
- 14V723: one model year 2012 S407 motorcoach manufactured August 1, 2011
- 14V369: model year 2011-2014 S417 TC motorcoaches manufactured August 2010 to April 2014, and 2012-2014 S407 CC motorcoaches manufactured August 2010 to March 2014
- 13V465: model year 2011-2014 S417 TC and 2012-2014 S407 CC motorcoaches
- 11V220: MODEL YEAR 2003-2010 S417 AND MODEL YEAR 2011 S417 TC MOTOR COACHES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO
All 10 Setra 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 12V547 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b5019b47 - Consequence
ecd440a0 - 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 12V547 · how the whole register is watched
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