By model year
Prevost VIP 45 complaints by model year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Model line
Prevost VIP 45
Every Prevost VIP 45 model year on file, 1995 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years51995 to 2012
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins34Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Prevost VIP 45 model year
Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 1998 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Prevost VIP 45
- 12V-300 Jun 28, 2012
Steering gearbox bolts may be too long to have been sufficiently torqued
Steering · 52 vehicles - 98V-024 Feb 10, 1998
Vehicle description: transit buses with drive axle equipped with drum brakes only
Suspension · 1,051 vehicles - 96V-222 Nov 4, 1996
Ground studs in the engine and battery compartments do not offer adequate electrical conductivity
Electrical system · 23 vehicles - 96V-127 Jul 2, 1996
Positive wire connected to post #1 on the starter solenoid could contact the ground wire on the solenoid (post #2) and create a short circuit
Electrical system · 677 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.