Diamond Coach Vip Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 14 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 13 model years of the Diamond Coach Vip (2005–2026). The most-complained-about year is 2019.
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| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Diamond Coach Vip | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Diamond Coach Vip | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 Diamond Coach Vip | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 Diamond Coach Vip | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Diamond Coach Vip | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 Diamond Coach Vip | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 Diamond Coach Vip | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 Diamond Coach Vip | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 Diamond Coach Vip | 8 | 0 |
| 2008 Diamond Coach Vip | 7 | 0 |
| 2007 Diamond Coach Vip | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 Diamond Coach Vip | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 Diamond Coach Vip | 2 | 0 |
What Diamond Coach Vip owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2019 model year has the most, with 1.
All Diamond Coach Vip recalls (14)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Diamond Coach Vip, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Critical fasteners (equipment adaptive/mobility)
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling certain 2025-2026 VIP motorcoaches equipped with certain QRT-360 wheelchair retractors. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 25, 2026. Owners may contact Diamond customer service at 1-800-442-4645.
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Unspecified component (equipment adaptive/mobility)
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling certain 2025 VIP buses equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
Remedy: Diamond Coach will work with Q'Straint to inspect and replace the retractor as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 6, 2026. Owners may contact Diamond Coach at 1-800-442-4645.
Model years: 2025
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Seats
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling certain 2023-2024 VIP 2200 transit buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats. The recliner mechanism may not engage when the seat back is fully reclined. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number…
Remedy: Diamond Coach will work with the equipment manufacturer, Freedman, to inspect and repair the seats as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 13, 2024. Owners may contact Diamond Coach at…
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Equipment
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling one 2017 VIP 2800 vehicle equipped with an ASA Electronics Voyager monitor used to display the back-up camera image. This display may unexpectedly revert back to the factory default settings which may cause the camera image to be reversed.
Remedy: ASA Electronics has notified the affected Diamond Coach owner, and will provide a remedy, free of charge. The recall began on April 2, 2019. Owners may contact ASA Electronics customer service at 1-800-384-4400 or…
Model years: 2017
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 VIP and PT 2000, 2200, 2500, 2800, 3200, and 3201 transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2011, and equipped with certain Ricon model S2010 and S5510 wheelchair lifts. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have…
Remedy: Diamond will notify owners, and owners will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 VIP and PT 2000, 2200, 2500, 2800, 3200, and 3201 transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2011, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation. The platform side…
Remedy: Diamond will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge. The…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond coach corporation (diamond coach) is recalling certain model year 2008-2010 pt and vip buses equipped with braun century-2 and vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time, and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the wheelchair lifts outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.
Remedy: Diamond coach is working with braun to identify and notify owners, and braun dealers will repair the vehicles, free of charge. The safety recall began during june 2012. Owners may contact diamond coach at 1-800-442-4645.
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Air conditioner (equipment)
Diamond coach is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 buses manufactured from january 1, 2006 through december 31, 2010, and equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units. Due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.
Remedy: Diamond coach will notify owners and provide information on how to obtain the retrofit kit from carrier along with repair instructions. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall began on february…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond coach has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2007-2009 vip coaches fitted with ricon public use lifts manufactured between december 1, 2007 to december 18, 2009. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from moving, unless the tongue of the belt is fully engaged and latched in the…
Remedy: Diamond coach is working with ricon and ricon will be handling the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09e-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond coach has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2009 vip model coaches manufactured between may 1 and december 1, 2009, equipped with certain ricon s series and k series l-model wheelchair lifts, due to a problem in the software that controls the lift's "up" function. If the "up" switch is released before the floor…
Remedy: Diamond coach will notify owners and the repairs will be performed by authorized ricon dealers free of charge. Currently ricon is developing a software solution and is not available. Until the software solution is…
Model years: 2009
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Air conditioner (equipment)
Diamond coach corporation is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2009 vip transit buses manufactured between october 1, 2008 and september 27, 2009, equipped with carrier k410 rooftop condensers, part numbers 77-62198-00, 77-62198-98, and 77-62198-99. These k410 units may have inadequate electrical current protection such that the…
Remedy: Diamond coach will notify owners and the remedy will be performed by authorized carrier dealers. The safety recall began on october 5, 2009. Owners may contact carrier at 1-800-673-2431 or diamond coach at…
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Air conditioner (equipment)
Diamond coach is recalling 10 model year 2008 and 2009 vip motor coaches manufactured between november 25, 2008 and march 23, 2009, equipped with carrier k410 rooftop mounted condensers. The cover of the condenser assembly may interfere with the coil header when the cover is placed on the unit assembly. The potential interference…
Remedy: Diamond coach will repair the coaches free of charge. The safety recall began on june 11, 2009. Owners may contact diamond coach toll-free at 1-800-673-2431 ext. 21.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond coach is recalling 66 my 2005-2007 vip motor coaches equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations on motor vehicles." the threshold warning system may not detect the presence of a wheelchair…
Remedy: Diamond coach is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or diamond coach at 1-620-795-2191.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Diamond coach is recalling 66 my 2005-2007 vip motor coaches equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility…
Remedy: Diamond coach is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or diamond coach at 1-620-795-2191.
Other Diamond Coach models
- E3502 complaints
- MB2001 complaints
- C35000 complaints
- E4500 complaints
- E5500 complaints
- Ibd0 complaints
- Ps0 complaints
- Pt0 complaints
Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.