Recall 01V033004: 1998–2000 Gillig Phantom and 1 other model

Report received

Mar 7, 2001

Manufacturer

Gillig corporation

Potentially affected

2,113vehicles

Model years

1998–2000

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

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.

Possible 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.

Remedy

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.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1998 Gillig LOW Floor0 complaints
• 1999 Gillig LOW Floor0 complaints
• 2000 Gillig LOW Floor1 complaints
• 1998 Gillig Phantom0 complaints
• 1999 Gillig Phantom0 complaints
• 2000 Gillig Phantom0 complaints