2000 Glaval Apollo recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: transit buses. The longitudinal floor structure is breaking at the cross members.
💥 The risk
The body could eventually separate from the chassis.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install a heavier gauge longitudinal members and additional body mounts and cross members.
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
- 00V429000
- Manufacturer
- GLAVAL BUS DIVISION
- Vehicles affected
- 10
- Component
- STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-445-2825
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 10, 2001
- Built
- Apr 21, 2000 – Sep 28, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during january 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 glaval at 1-800-445-2825.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).