NHTSA campaign 00V417000

ETI Recall 00V-417: ETI/SUSPENSION

NHTSA recall 00V417000 was reported by ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC. on December 12, 2000, with 54 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the ETI 14 TRE for model years 1997–1998.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 00V417000 (also written 00V-417 or 00V417)
Filed by: ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC.
Report received: December 12, 2000
Potentially affected: 54 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 00V417000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

ETI

ETI 14 TRE
- 1997, 1998

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 00V417000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 41-PASSENGER ELECTRIC TROLLEY BUSES SOLD TO THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (RTA), DAYTON, OHIO. A CROSS-ROD BRACKET LOCATED IN THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM CAN FAIL. NO OTHER CUSTOMERS ARE INVOLVED.

Manufacturer remedy

ELECTRIC TRANSIT/SKODA REPRESENTATIVES HAVE INSPECTED THESE VEHICLES AND ARE WORKING ON THE CORRECTIVE ACTION NECESSARY.

Notes

ONLY THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY IN DAYTON, OHIO IS INVOLVED. ELECTRIC TRANSIT/SKODA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE MIAMI VALLEY RTA.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 00V417000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.