Mci 102d3, Mci 102dl3, Mci 102el3, Mci 102els3, Mci D4000, Mci D4005, model years 2000 to 2012. Filed by Motor Coach Industries and reported to NHTSA on 17 October 2013. 10,016 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2000-2012 D, E, G and J series coaches manufactured January 2000 through June 2011 and equipped with Sure Power battery equalizers containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting', compound. The specific potting compound used in the subject products for …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 401. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V498 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 13V498 cover?
- Mci 102D3, Mci 102Dl3, Mci 102El3, Mci 102Els3, Mci D4000, Mci D4005, Mci D4500, Mci D4505, model years 2000-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is recalling certain model year 2000-2012 D, E, G and J series coaches manufactured January 2000 through June 2011 and equipped with Sure Power battery equalizers containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting', compound.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Once electrically conductive, the material is capable of melting and burning, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MCI will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the equalizers, free of charge. Owners may contact MCI at 1-847-285-2000. This campaign is MCI service bulletin 401.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 401, 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: “Once electrically conductive, the material is capable of melting and burning, increasing the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V498 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Motor Coach Industries |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 October 2013 |
| Model years | 2000-2012 |
| Vehicles named | MCI 102D3, MCI 102DL3, MCI 102EL3, MCI 102ELS3, MCI D4000, MCI D4005, MCI D4500, MCI D4505, MCI E4500, MCI E4500C, MCI G4500, MCI J4500, MCI J4500C |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Once electrically conductive, the material is capable of melting and burning, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
MCI will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the equalizers, free of charge. Owners may contact MCI at 1-847-285-2000. This campaign is MCI service bulletin 401.
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
- Mci D4000 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Mci D4005 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Mci D4500 recalls: 27 US campaigns
- Mci D4505 recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Mci E4500 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mci J4500 recalls: 40 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V498, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v498/
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.
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 13V498 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
757630a3 - Consequence
9480ab94 - 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.
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