1999 GILLIG LOW FLOOR Recalls (9)
- Campaign:
- 00V145000 on 05/21/2000
- Component:
- Exterior lighting
- Manufactured:
- 04/05/1998 - 05/11/2000
- Affected:
- 941
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: low floor transit buses. these vehicles do not comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." the reflex reflectors on the side, front (amber) and rear(red) positions are missing.
- Consequence:
- This is a potential road hazard at night.
- Correction:
- The correct reflex reflectors will be installed.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began june 5, 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 gillig at 1-510-785-1500. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 01V033004 on 03/21/2001
- Component:
- Electrical system:battery
- Manufactured:
- 11/23/1998 - 09/29/2000
- Affected:
- 2,113
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: 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:
- 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.
- Correction:
- Vanner will notify owners to inspect their buses for certain equalizers by the date code. the affected equalizers will be replaced. vanner is conducting the owner notification for this campaign and was expected to begin during march 2001. 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 vanner at 1-800-227-6937.
- Notes:
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 02V059004 on 04/17/2002
- Component:
- Structure:body:door
- Manufactured:
- 08/31/1997 - 03/30/2000
- Affected:
- 897
- Defect:
- On certain transit buses equipped with adhesively bonded aluminum bus door panels, due to an imperfect bonding of the door panel skin to the panel frame, environmental moisture may infiltrate regions of imperfect bonding and cause separation of the frame and door panel.
- Consequence:
- Under these conditions, if the panel is separating or has separated, a passenger could fall from the bus onto the roadway, possibly resulting in personal injury or death.
- Correction:
- Vapor will notify customers to have their buses inspected and will install mechanical fasteners to attach the skins to the frame elements free of charge. owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact vapor corporation at 847-967-8300 or vapor at 1510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 02V071003 on 04/17/2002
- Component:
- Electrical system:battery
- Manufactured:
- 11/23/1998 - 09/29/2000
- Affected:
- 2,113
- Defect:
- 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:
- 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.
- Correction:
- 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 gillig at 1-510-785-1500 or vanner at 1-800-227-6937.
- Notes:
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 02V189000 on 07/25/2002
- Component:
- Steering:gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Manufactured:
- 08/07/1997 - 07/11/2002
- Affected:
- 2,558
- Defect:
- On certain low floor 29, 35, and 40 foot buses, the steering gear input shaft bolt installed was a 3/8" diameter coarse thread grade 8 fastener instead of the required 7/16" diameter fine thread grade 8 fastener.
- Consequence:
- In the event of a crash or some other extraordinary shock load on the steering, a loss of steering could occur.
- Correction:
- Dealers will replace the suspect fastener with the correct fastener. owner notification began august 6, 2002. 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 gillig at 1-510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 03V055000 on 02/25/2003
- Component:
- Electrical system
- Affected:
- 644
- Defect:
- On certain 1998-2002 35' and 40' buses and 1999-2002 29' buses, the installation of the air conditioner unit uses bolts along the edge of the housing for attachment. one specific bolt can be too close to the main power cable attachment. positional tolerance or the use of too long a bolt could cause an electrical short.
- Consequence:
- An electrical short could lead to component failure or potentially a vehicle fire.
- Correction:
- Customers have been notified to cut the excess length of the air conditioner unit mounting bolt. owner notification began october 28, 2002. 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 gillig 1-800-735-1500.
- Notes:
- Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 03V392000 on 10/22/2003
- Component:
- Electrical system:wiring:front underhood
- Manufactured:
- 09/30/1997 - 12/30/2002
- Affected:
- 2,201
- Defect:
- Incorrect assembly of electrical connections and securement in the engine compartment could come loose.
- Consequence:
- Incorrect assembly could cause electrical shorts, arcing, and fire.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect engine compartment wiring for correct cable assembly, fastner torque, and correct wire protection. owner notification began october 29, 2003. 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 gillig at 510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 04V500000 on 04/20/2004
- Component:
- Equipment adaptive
- Manufactured:
- 06/30/1999 - 04/29/2004
- Affected:
- 242
- Defect:
- Certain gillig buses equipped with sure-lok wheelchair tie-down securement assemblies. the sprocket teeth of the retractor assembly may be out of alignment causing the load pawl not to fully seat in the sprocket teeth.
- Consequence:
- In the event of a vehicle crash, the wheelchair may not be adequately secured possibly resulting in injuries.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect and replace the wheelchair securement retractors as necessary. the recall began october 8, 2004. owners should contact gillig at 1-800-735-1500..
- Notes:
- Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 04V486000 on 10/13/2004
- Component:
- Engine and engine cooling:engine:other fuel types:turbo-charger
- Manufactured:
- 07/31/1997 - 11/29/2003
- Affected:
- 810
- Defect:
- On certain transit buses equipped with detroit diesel series 40 engines, the turbocharger can fail allowing lubricating oil to spill onto the engine.
- Consequence:
- This can result in a fire in the engine compartment.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect and replace the turbocharger to prevent the possibility of an engine compartment fire. detroit diesel is conducting owner notification and remedy for this campaign. gillig issued a renotification letter to owners on february 27, 2007. owners should contact detroit detroit diesel at 313-5923708 or gillig at 510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
1999 GILLIG LOW FLOOR TSBs (13)
- Bulletin:
- FS-2012-02
- Component:
- 162000 structure:body
- Summary:
- Gillig: gillig's recommendations for the underbody maintenance can be found in chapter 11 of your service manual. *js
- Bulletin:
- FS-2013-01
- Component:
- 355200 equipment:other:owners/service/other manual
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin provides instructions for ordering warranty parts, filing warranty claims and returning warranty parts.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2013-02
- Component:
- 140000 air bags
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all low floor buses. it provides instructions for adjusting the front air bags after an alignment or for ride adjustment needs.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2014-01
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all low floor buses with luminator or twin vision destination signs. it alerts owners of an operational warning issued by the supplier against utilizing the usb port on their destination sign to charge
- Bulletin:
- FS-2014-02
- Component:
- 062300 engine and engine cooling:cooling system:hose
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all low floor buses with aeroquip fc-300 coolant hoses. eaton aeroquip has recently determined that newer coolants containing oat (organic acid technology) are not compatible with their fc300 hose mate
- Bulletin:
- FS-2015-02
- Component:
- 355200 equipment:other:owners/service/other manual
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all low floor buses. it advises on the necessity of maintaining proper ride height and provides current inspection and adjustment procedures.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2016-01
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all low floor buses with skf air dryers. it warns against the use of non-skf cartridges in skf air dryers and recommends only using genuine skf cartridges.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2016-02
- Component:
- 353600 equipment:air conditioner
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin applies to all non-hybrid low floor buses with 480 volt hvac systems. it advises installation of a lockout mechanism for the battery disconnect system. details are provided on how to obtain a lockout padlock from
- Bulletin:
- FS-2016-05
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- This field service bulletin provides new information from borg warner (delco) revising the maintenance procedure for starter b+ cable maintenance and torque values.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2016-06
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- Gillig has received reports of partial cracking in the steering gear mounting plate in some low floor buses. we are now requesting that owners of all low floor buses from model year 1997 through june, 2015 inspect the steering gear mounting
- Bulletin:
- FS-2016-06
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- Gillig has received reports of partial cracking in the steering gear mounting plate in some low floor buses. we are now requesting that owners of all low floor buses from model year 1997 through june, 2015 inspect the steering gear mounting
- Bulletin:
- FS-2018-01
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- It was found that an earlier bulletin spec'd bolts that could be too long due to variances in bolt shoulder length, so this bulletin was written to make sure bolt attachments were correct.
- Bulletin:
- FS-2018-02
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- A procedure to properly adjust the draglink so the socket won't over articulate, causing increased wear.
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