2004 GILLIG 29 FOOT LOW FLOOR Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 05V106000 on 03/22/2005
- Component:
- Engine and engine cooling
- Manufactured:
- 03/08/2004 - 08/25/2004
- Affected:
- 10
- Defect:
- On certain transit buses equipped with webasto heaters, the burner tubes are made of material that does not meet specifications and could fail prematurely.
- Consequence:
- Should the burner tube fail, the coolant heater could overheat, possibly resulting in a fire.
- Correction:
- Webasto is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. websto will replace the suspected defective parts. owners may contact webasto at 810-593-6000 or gillig at 510-264-5031.
- Notes:
- Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 05V271000 on 06/09/2005
- Component:
- Suspension:front
- Manufactured:
- 12/31/2003 - 04/10/2005
- Affected:
- 1,096
- Defect:
- On certain transit buses, the cast clamp portion of the torque rod could crack under initial torqueing of the clamp fasteners resulting in breakage or cracks. casting porosity and incorrect heat treatment caused potential weakness in the cast clamp portion of the torque rod.
- Consequence:
- This could result in loss of vehicle control and a crash could occur without prior warning.
- Correction:
- Dealers will replace the cast iron torque rod clamps with a fabricated steel clamps free of charge. the recall began on june 17, 2005. owners may contact gillig at 510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 05V478000 on 10/13/2005
- Component:
- Fuel system, other:delivery:fuel pump
- Affected:
- 34
- Defect:
- On certain transit buses equipped with cummins isb-02 diesel engines built with emc controlled fuel lift pumps. erratic voltage supply to the fuel lift pump causes premature electric brush wear internal to the fuel lift pump. this premature wear could result in fuel lift pump failure and in some cases may cause an engine stall condition.
- Consequence:
- Should the engine stall, a vehicle crash could occur.
- Correction:
- Cummins, in conjunction with gillig, will notify owners and repair the engines by emc recalibration and replacement of the fuel lift pump at no charge to the customer. owners may contact cummins assistance center at 1-800-diesels or gillig at 1-510-785-1500.
- Notes:
- Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236; (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
2004 GILLIG 29 FOOT LOW FLOOR TSBs (3)
- Bulletin:
- FS-2008-02
- Component:
- 022000 suspension:rear
- Summary:
- Gillig buses: change in torque specification for torque rod mounting on neway rear suspension. *pe
- 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-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
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