2015 AMERITRANS 5500 Recall

Campaign:

16V497000 on 06/30/2016

Component:

Equipment:other:labels

Manufactured:

07/31/2012 - 06/23/2016

Affected:

803

Defect:

Ameritrans bus, inc. (ameritrans) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 shuttle buses manufactured august 1, 2012, to june 24, 2016, built on ford e-350, e-450, and f-550 chassis, dodge 5500 chassis, and freightliner m2 chassis. these vehicles may be equipped with tire and loading placards that are not applicable to vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 110, "tire selection and rims."

Consequence:

Use of the label on these vehicles may confuse the operator and may result in overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Correction:

Ameritrans will notify owners, and dealers will remove the tire and loading placards, free of charge. the recall began on september 2, 2016. owners may contact ameritrans customer service department at 1-574-218-4786.

Notes:

Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

2015 AMERITRANS 5500 TSB

Bulletin:

SF533A-O

Component:

110000 electrical system

Summary:

Instrument cluster update: certain cummins equipped vehicles with alternators capable of producing in excess of 160 amps, the truck voltage may increase immediately after the cummins grid heater cycles off, causing the icu3s display to rese

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