| NHTSA Record Id: 3683 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: AMTRAN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000013921000077915000000252 |
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| Model Name: RE |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V241000 |
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| Component Name: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 31 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 11944 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 15 2001 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : IC CORPORATION |
Report Received Date: Nov, 20 2001 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 31 2001 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: certain school and transit buses were built with a poor quality heater/defroster blower switch. in some cases this has caused the melting of the heater harness connector at the switch terminals or the high-speed wire insulation at the connector. also, some of the units had improper circuit protection size installed in the heater defroster circuit. |
Consequence Summary: If an operator detects smoke or the smell of melting wire insulation from the blower control panel, the operation of the heater/defroster at high speed should be discontinued until the repair is made. |
| Corrective Summary : Owners will be provided with instructions and parts to replace the switch and switch harness with a new switch, switch harness, relay and relay harness. for the re units built prior to january 1, 1999, the kit will also include a 20-ampere manual circuit breaker. owner notification began december 15, 2001. owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact amtran at 800-843-5615. |
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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