NHTSA Record Id: 13866 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: AMTRAN |
Recalled Component Id: 000008641000074671000000211 |
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Model Name: RS3302 |
Model Year: 1997 |
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V106000 |
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Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP. |
Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 09 1995 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 08 1998 |
Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 13422 |
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 24 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : IC CORPORATION |
Report Received Date: May, 15 1998 |
Record Creation date : May, 20 1998 |
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Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses. these vehicles were built with inadequate circuit protection devices (fuses or circuit breakers) allowing the headlamps, during high beam operation, to impose too much load causing the protection device to open the circuit. |
Consequence Summary: This condition could cause the loss of the head lights, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. |
Corrective Summary : Owners will be provided with a free repair kit and instructions to remedy this condition. if an owner so desires, their dealer can perform the remedy for them. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin june 24, 1998.owners who do not receive the free repair kit within a reasonable time should contact amtran at 1-501-505-2190.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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