2001 Chance LFB-29 Opus recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: transit coaches. The transmission dipsticks are too long.
💥 The risk
This would allow the transmission to be underfilled after maintenance or indicate an overfill condition when properly filled.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the faulty dipsticks. Owner notification began october 9, 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 chance coach at 1-316-779-7700.
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
- 01V309000
- Manufacturer
- CHANCE COACH, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 45
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 9, 2001
- Built
- Jan 1, 2001 – Sep 30, 2001
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).