2001 Amtran IC recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: school buses. These buses were built using the wrong hardware to secure the driver's seat to the driver's platform. The seat could become loose and separate.
💥 The risk
This could result in the driver losing control of the bus, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Owners will be provided with a kit which contains instructions and new hardware. The repair procedure will require adding additional mounting hardware to secure the seat to the platform.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V420000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00305
- Manufacturer
- AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 768
- Component
- SEATS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-843-5615
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 3, 2001
- Built
- Mar 17, 2000 – Oct 9, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 3, 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 amtran at 1-800-843-5615.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).