Recall 01V241000: 1996–2001 Amtran RE

Report received

Nov 20, 2001

Manufacturer

American transportation corp.

Potentially affected

11,944vehicles

Model years

1996–2001

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: certain school and transit buses were built with a poor quality heater/defroster blower switch. In some cases this has caused the melting of the heater harness connector at the switch terminals or the high-speed wire insulation at the connector. Also, some of the units had improper circuit protection size installed in the heater defroster circuit.

Possible consequence

If an operator detects smoke or the smell of melting wire insulation from the blower control panel, the operation of the heater/defroster at high speed should be discontinued until the repair is made.

Remedy

Owners will be provided with instructions and parts to replace the switch and switch harness with a new switch, switch harness, relay and relay harness. For the re units built prior to january 1, 1999, the kit will also include a 20-ampere manual circuit breaker. Owner notification began december 15, 2001. Owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact amtran at 800-843-5615.

Affected model years

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

• 1996 Amtran RE2 complaints
• 1997 Amtran RE0 complaints
• 1998 Amtran RE0 complaints
• 1999 Amtran RE0 complaints
• 2000 Amtran RE0 complaints
• 2001 Amtran RE1 complaints