Recall 01V033005: 1998–2000 Orion V and 1 other model

Report received

Jan 29, 2001

Manufacturer

Freightliner corporation

Potentially affected

927vehicles

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

Orion will notify owners to inspect their buses for certain equalizers by the date code. The affected equalizers will be replaced by vanner. 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 Orion V0 complaints
• 1999 Orion V0 complaints
• 2000 Orion V1 complaints
• 1998 Orion VI0 complaints
• 1999 Orion VI1 complaints
• 2000 Orion VI3 complaints