Hino Blue Ribbon II Recall 1133990 — Exhaust Pipe

In July 2014, Hino filed a statutory recall with Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) concerning the Exhaust Pipe, covering the Blue Ribbon II. The filing affects 1,028 vehicles manufactured between August 23, 2010 and October 29, 2013.

Overview

Filing in context

The Exhaust Pipe is the most frequently cited component category in this archive, appearing in 35 of its 4,890 filings. This filing is one of 22 Hino notifications from 2014 in this archive. For scale, 2,789 of the 4,890 filings in this archive report a larger number of affected vehicles; the vehicles involved here were manufactured over a span of about 3 years and 2 months.

Defect

On route buses, insufficient weld strength at the exhaust pipe joint allows engine rotation to induce resonance in the exhaust pipe, generating excessive stress and causing cracks to form at the weld. Continued operation allows the cracks to propagate and, in the worst case, exhaust gas may leak.

Corrective action

On all vehicles, replace the exhaust pipe and related components with corrected parts.

Affected models & chassis ranges

This filing lists 29 type code(s). A vehicle is affected if its chassis number falls within one of the ranges below.

Original Japanese (MLIT source text)

Source & verification

This entry reproduces public data from Japan's MLIT recall registry. English text is jdmvin.com's own translation; always verify against the official source:

https://renrakuda.mlit.go.jp/renrakuda/ris-detail-car.html?class=recalldatacar&id=3003319

Related recalls

Same manufacturer, same component

Other Hino filings involving the Exhaust Pipe, closest to this one by filing date.

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Filings whose affected type codes overlap with this one, newest first.

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