2006–2007 US Bus Safe Tran & 2006–2007 US Bus Sturdibus + 1 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain my 2006 and 2007 U.S. Bus Sturdibus, Universe, and Safe Tran school buses equipped with an intermotive lift interlock device module manufactured between august 1, 2006, and may 9, 2007. When the vehicle battery voltage drops to 7.5 volts, the module may go to a fault mode and not lock the shifter in park which fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, platform lift installations in motor vehicles.
💥 The risk
The vehicle may be moved with the lift deployed and could result in injury or death to the lift occupant.
🔧 The fix
U.S. Bus will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The recall began on december 14, 2009. Owners CAN contact U.S. Bus at 765-939-3984.
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
- 07V223000
- Manufacturer
- U.S. BUS CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 89
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 14, 2009
- Built
- Aug 1, 2006 – May 9, 2007
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.