Recall Detail

AMTRAN / FE / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 7707 Vehicale/Equipment Name: AMTRAN
Recalled Component Id: 000012092000082137000000110 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: FE Model Year: 1999
NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V232101 Mfr Campaign Number: 00508
Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK Manufacturer That Filed Report: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 01 1998 End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 13 2000
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 6259
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 25 2000 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : IC CORPORATION Report Received Date: Aug, 21 2000
Record Creation date : Nov, 20 2000 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu). there have been reports of unwanted abs activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed abs wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal. Consequence Summary: This condition could cause the abs ecu to exhaust the air at the air brake modulators for one or more of the wheels. this could result in extended braking distances and a possible crash.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the abs ecu. Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during september 2000. 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 internatinal at 1-800-448-7825.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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