Recall Detail

NEOPLAN / AN440L / 2000

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 1274 Vehicale/Equipment Name: NEOPLAN
Recalled Component Id: 000013945000101132000000201 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: AN440L Model Year: 2000
NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V033007 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY Manufacturer That Filed Report: NEOPLAN USA CORP.
Start date of Manufacturing: Feb, 01 1999 End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 31 2000
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 669
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 27 2001 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION Report Received Date: Aug, 01 2001
Record Creation date : Aug, 01 2001 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : 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 Summary: 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.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the 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 or neoplan at 1-719-336-3256. Recall Notes: 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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