9999 CARRIER EM-1 Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 11E003000 on 01/25/2011
- Component:
- Equipment:air conditioner
- Manufactured:
- 12/31/2005 - 12/30/2010
- Affected:
- 44,915
- Defect:
- Carrier is recalling certain carrier genv em-1 evaporator units (em-1) manufactured from january 1, 2006 through december 2010, containing a delphi pack-con iii fuse holder in an allied motion motor assembly; em-1 unit part numbers 77-62112-xx and 77-62512-xx, starting with serial number knt90890232 to serial number nne91230058, sold as aftermarket equipment and installed as original equipment on certain school and shuttle buses. due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.
- Consequence:
- If sufficient arcing occurs, the fuse holder may melt, and may be accompanied by flame, smoke and potential fire.
- Correction:
- Carrier will notify bus manufacturers, carrier authorized dealers as well as, to the extent known by carrier, owners of record which purchased the affected units. carrier is working with the bus manufacturers and carrier authorized dealers to identify and notify owners of the buses which may have had the affected em-1 unit sold as original equipment or as an aftermarket installation. carrier will provide a retrofit kit along with repair instructions free of charge. the safety recall began on january 31, 2011. owners may contact their vehicle manufacturer or carrier at 1-800-793-4741.
- Notes:
- Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .
- Campaign:
- 11V302000 on 05/26/2011
- Component:
- Equipment:air conditioner
- Affected:
- 1,522
- Defect:
- Transarctic is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2011 school buses equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units, part numbers 77-62112-xx and 77-62512-xx, starting with serial number knt90890232 to serial number nne91230058, manufactured from january 1, 2006, through december 2010, containing a delphi pack-con iii fuse holder in an allied motion motor assembly. due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.
- Consequence:
- If sufficient arcing occurs, the fuse holder may melt, and may be accompanied by flame, smoke and potential fire.
- Correction:
- Transarctic will notify owners of record who purchased the affected units. transarctic is working with the bus manufacturers and carrier authorized dealers to identify and notify owners of the buses which may have had the affected em-1 unit installed. carrier will provide a retrofit kit along with repair instructions, free of charge. the safety recall began during june 2011. owners may contact carrier at 1-800-793-4741 or transarctic at 1-877-265-3247. in order to determine if your vehicle is affected, please review the list of vehicles provided to us by transarctic by clicking on the hyperlink <a href=http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/acm17222742/rcorrd-11v302-7676.pdf>affected vehicle list.</a>
- Notes:
- Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .
- Campaign:
- 12V179000 on 04/23/2012
- Component:
- Equipment:air conditioner
- Affected:
- 231
- Defect:
- nesco bus maintenance (nesco) is recalling certain carrier gen v em-1 evaporators installed as original equipment by nesco on various school and transit buses. the em-1 evaporators contain a fuse holder in the motor assembly which due to time, temperature, and/or vibration may cause the fuse to loosen in the fuse holder, resulting in high resistance and arcing.
- Consequence:
- If sufficient arcing occurs, the fuse holder may melt and potentially cause a fire.
- Correction:
- Nesco will notify owners and provide information on how to obtain the retrofit kit from carrier along with repair instructions. this service will be performed free of charge. nesco has not provided a notification schedule. (see carrier's recall campaign 11e-003.) owners may contact carrier at 1-800-348-7440. in order to determine if your vehicle is affected, please review the list of vehicles provided to us by nesco by clicking on the affected vehicle list.
- 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.
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