| NHTSA Record Id: 792 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: NABI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014842000105681000000201 |
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| Model Name: TRANSIT BUS |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V071002 |
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| Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 31 2001 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 2371 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : -- |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : NABI Bus, LLC |
Report Received Date: Apr, 02 2002 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 18 2002 |
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| Defect Summary : On certain 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. 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 nabi at 1-800-227-6937, ext. 217,or vanner at 1-800-227-6937. |
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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