2016 ELDORADO AERO ELITE Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 16V447000 on 06/19/2016
- Component:
- Electrical system
- Manufactured:
- 03/03/2016 - 04/21/2016
- Affected:
- 53
- Defect:
- Eldorado national-kansas (eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2016 aerotech, aero elite, and advantage shuttle buses manufactured march 4, 2016, to april 22, 2016 and built on ford, chevrolet, and navistar chassis. these vehicles have a component in the electrical power distribution center that may break and result in electrical arcing.
- Consequence:
- Electrical arcing increases the risk of a fire.
- Correction:
- Eldorado will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected component within the power distribution center, free of charge. the recall began on july 29, 2016. owners may contact eldorado customer service at 1-800-955-4236.
- 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.
- Campaign:
- 16V616000 on 08/23/2016
- Component:
- Exterior lighting
- Manufactured:
- 06/26/2011 - 06/08/2016
- Affected:
- 320
- Defect:
- Eldorado national-kansas (eldorado national) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 aero elite 300 and 320 vehicles manufactured june 27, 2011, to june 9, 2016 and built on ford and navistar chassis. the intermediate side lamps may not stay illuminated when the headlights are on. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
- Consequence:
- If the side marker lamps do not stay illuminated when the headlights are activated, it can decrease the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Eldorado national will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the intermediate side lamps, replacing them as necessary, free of charge. the recall began on october 17, 2016. owners may contact eldorado national customer service at 1-800- 955-4236 or by email at bussupport@eldorado-bus.com.
- 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.
- Campaign:
- 18V583000 on 09/06/2018
- Component:
- Equipment adaptive
- Manufactured:
- 12/31/2011 - 08/23/2018
- Affected:
- 244
- Defect:
- Eldorado national-kansas (eldorado) is recalling certain 2012-2018 eldorado aerotech, aero elite, transtech, advantage, world trans and impulse transit buses, equipped with ricon s-series and k-series titanium wheelchair. the wheelchair lift positioning input cam may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel higher than the vehicle floor height. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 403, "platform lift systems."
- Consequence:
- If the wheelchair lift platform stops above the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user can tip inwards toward the vehicle when exiting the lift, increasing their risk of injury.
- Correction:
- Eldorado will notify owners and ricon dealers will replace the injection molded cam with an aluminum machined cam, free of charge. the recall began october 24, 2018. owners may contact eldorado national-kansas customer service at 1-800-955-4236.
- 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.
2016 ELDORADO AERO ELITE TSBs (6)
- Bulletin:
- 2015-1119_V1
- Component:
- 356000 equipment adaptive
- Summary:
- This instruction outlines the procedure necessary to eliminate any burrs or rough edges on the luggage rack braces that support the upper two luggage shelves.
- Bulletin:
- 2011-0303_V1
- Component:
- 160000 structure
- Summary:
- This technical service bulletin (tsb) outlines the repair/replacement of the roof interior ply-layer of verticel material due to water leaks, and the verticell ply-layer becomes damaged.
- Bulletin:
- 2016-0001
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- "this tsb outlines the procedure to repair the f550 driver side a-pillar. repair procedure provides instruction for; 1. the addition of a plate in the front cap; 2. the repair of a sheet metal crack in the oem chassis outer skin."
- Bulletin:
- 2016-0002
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- This tsb outlines the procedure to repair the f550 b-pillar due to a crack in the oem exterior sheetmetal.
- Bulletin:
- 2016-0004
- Component:
- 220000 seats
- Summary:
- This tsb outlines the modification of the abs bracket on the recaro driver seat to allow clearance of seatbelt bolt during fore-aft travel of the driver seat.
- Bulletin:
- 2017-0018
- Component:
- 162000 structure:body
- Summary:
- This is a service bulletin to repair water leaks at the wheelchair door and repair cracks in the wheelchair door frame.
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