2000 Prevost XL-40 & 2000 Prevost XL-45 recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: bus shells and coaches. The ball joint sealing boot could be perforated allowing grease leakage.
💥 The risk
This condition could cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the boot.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V262000
- Manufacturer recall #
- SR00-17
- Manufacturer
- PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED
- Vehicles affected
- 554
- Component
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 22, 2000
- Built
- Sep 1, 1997 – Jul 31, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began august 22, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact prevost at 1-418-883-3391. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).