MCI preliminary evaluation PE10001
Wheel Chair Lift Separates From Bus. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the door on 29 model years (1997–2010). Opened Jan 14, 2010, closed Apr 9, 2010 after 3 months. It led to safety recall 10V087000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedODI opened this investigation upon learning of two incidents where the wheel chair assembly broke through the side door while the motor coach was being operated. Both incidents resulted in property damage to parked vehicles. After further review, MCI decided to conduct a safety recall to resolve this issue. MCI will provide parts and labor to install a Ricon-designed retrofit kit that includes a spring-loaded lock mechanism. The additional lock mechanism will prevent unintended wheel chair lift deployment regardless of the cause. The population includes 1995 through 2009 D4000's, 1997 through 2010 D4500's, and 2005 through 2010 D4505 models. This resolves all issues concerning this investigation. This investigation is closed.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the resumes carrying the full reasoning are linked below.
The paperwork NHTSA filed
Source: every document on this action, at nhtsa.gov- Opening resume — ODI’s own summary of why it opened this — the subject, what prompted it, and the vehicles in scope.
- Closing resume — ODI’s own summary of why it closed this, and what it concluded.
| Document | Code | Filed | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening resume | INOA | 2010 | |
| Closing resume | INCLA | 2010 | |
| Information request to the manufacturer | INIM | 2010 |
These are NHTSA’s own files, served from the agency’s site — the resumes are what ODI wrote when it opened and closed the action, and the rest is the correspondence behind them, including what the manufacturer sent when the agency asked. They are linked, not copied: where a document names the people who wrote in, that redaction is the agency’s to make and its copy is the one you should read.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2005 MCI D; 2006 MCI D; 2007 MCI D; 2008 MCI D; 1997 MCI D4000; 1998 MCI D4000; 1999 MCI D4000; 2000 MCI D4000; 2001 MCI D4000; 2002 MCI D4000; 2003 MCI D4000; 2004 MCI D4000; 2009 MCI D4000; 1997 MCI D4500/102DL3; 1998 MCI D4500/102DL3; 1999 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2000 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2001 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2002 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2003 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2004 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2005 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2006 MCI D4500/102DL3; 2005 MCI D4505; 2006 MCI D4505; 2007 MCI D4505; 2008 MCI D4505; 2009 MCI D4505; 2010 MCI D4505.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE10001 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 10V087000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10001 still open?
No. It closed on Apr 9, 2010 and led to recall 10V087000.
Which vehicles does PE10001 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 29 model years: 2005 MCI D, 2006 MCI D, 2007 MCI D, 2008 MCI D, 1997 MCI D4000, 1998 MCI D4000 and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.