Recall Detail

AMTRAN / RS3302 / 1997

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 13866 Vehicale/Equipment Name: AMTRAN
Recalled Component Id: 000008641000074671000000211 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: RS3302 Model Year: 1997
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V106000 Mfr Campaign Number:
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 Federal Motar Safety Number:
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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