NHTSA campaign 01V242000

ETI Recall 01V-242: ETI/FRAME CRACKS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 01V242000 was reported by ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC. on July 31, 2001, 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

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 01V242000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 01V242000 (also written 01V-242 or 01V242)
Filed by: ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC.
Report received: July 31, 2001
Potentially affected: 54 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Structure — Frame and Members
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE01-003 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 01V242000. 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 · Vehicles built January 1, 1997 – December 31, 1998 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 01V242000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 41-PASSENGER ELECTRIC TRANSIT BUSES. FRAME CRACKS COULD DEVELOP ABOVE THE REAR AXLE.

Safety consequence

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE REAR DOORS MIGHT BIND, OR THAT ELECTRICAL WIRES OR HYDRAULIC LINES COULD CHAFE.

Manufacturer remedy

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

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 01V242000

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.