2000 Orion VI: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2000 Orion VI. The newest campaign is 10V538000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Nov 2010. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment Adaptive/Mobility. NHTSA has 3 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 10V538000, in the NHTSA record
Bus owners will be instructed on how to repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on 3, december 2010. Owners may contact daimler buses at 1-800-716-7566.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 5,335 units in total.
10V538000Received . 217 units.
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Daimler bus is recalling certain model year 1995 through 2000 transit buses manufactured from january 1996 through december 2000. These buses are configured with a tapped fitting for the hydraulic wheelchair ramp. In the engine compartment connected to the hydraulic pump is a fitting with an adapter for the wheelchair ramp operation. The fitting can crack and cause hydraulic fluid to leak into the engine compartment.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Hydraulic fluids leaking into the engine compartment can be ignited by the hot turbocharger and cause an engine fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Bus owners will be instructed on how to repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on 3, december 2010. Owners may contact daimler buses at 1-800-716-7566.
Report filed by DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
03V120000Received . 4,191 units.
Visibility / Glass, Side/Rear
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain transit buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "bus emergency exits and window retention and release." the handle pull force exceeds the 89n force to release the emergency window. Additional force is required to release the window.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a crash, an occupant may have difficulty opening the emergency exit window, increasing the risk of personal injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will repair these windows. Owner notification began june 1, 2003. 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 orion at 1-800-492-2116.
Report filed by ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
01V033005Received . 927 units.
Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with vanner 60 series battery equalizers. The equalizer could fail to operate properly and cause malfunction of the battery charging system.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Without fusing, the equalizer may melt, burn, or smoke, possibly resulting in a fire or a smoke filled bus, thus necessitating a passenger evacuation of the bus. The failure mode can cause operator distraction, and/or possible personal injury.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Orion will notify owners to inspect their buses for certain equalizers by the date code. The affected equalizers will be replaced by vanner. 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 vanner at 1-800-227-6937.
Report filed by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION.
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
3 complaints, 4 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 3 |
| Tires | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 3
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 4 May 2005
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE10041 | Preliminary evaluation | Hydraulic Auxiliary Pump Fitting Failure | Equipment Adaptive/Mobility | 20 Oct 2010 | 9 Nov 2010 | 10V538000 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2000 Orion VIThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Orion VI: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/orion/vi/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- DAIMLER BUSES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Orion VI?
- 5,335 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Orion VI have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Orion VI, model years 1995 to 2005. 3 of them name the 2000 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Orion VI name most often?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 3 of 4 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Orion VI open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.