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| NHTSA Record Id: 11585 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008766000079867000000203 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: II | Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V189000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | Manufacturer That Filed Report: ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 12 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 02 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 45 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 21 1998 | Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA | Report Received Date: Aug, 10 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 27 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with challenger 2000 model 170 series alternators. the positive power stud may not be properly seated in place causing a loose connection. this loose connection causes an over-heat condition when the alternator is under a load. also the material used to insulate the power stud from the rectifier can tear and cause the positive power stud to ground to the alternator case. | Consequence Summary: The alternator can get hot enough to catch fire which could spread to other areas of the vehicle. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace these alternators. | Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during august 1998.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 north power llc at 1-716-492-2278 or orion bus at 1-905-403-1111.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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