NHTSA campaign 02V325000

GILLIG CORPORATION Recall 02V-325: GILLIG/ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSULATION

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 02V325000 was reported by GILLIG CORPORATION on December 6, 2002, with 2,108 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Gillig Low Floor and Thor Dutchmen for model years 1996–1998, 2001. Owners were notified on December 19, 2002, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 02V325000 (also written 02V-325 or 02V325)
Filed by: GILLIG CORPORATION
Report received: December 6, 2002
Potentially affected: 2,108 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: December 19, 2002

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 02V325000. 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.

Gillig

Gillig Low Floor
- 1997, 1998 · Vehicles built January 1, 1997 – October 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)
- 2001 · Vehicles built January 1, 1997 – October 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)

All Gillig recalls

Thor

Thor Dutchmen
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1997 – October 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)

All Thor recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 02V325000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN LOW FLOOR 29', 35' AND 40' BUSES, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSULATION COULD FATIGUE AND SAG, POTENTIALLY TOUCHING THE TURBOCHARGER.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

GILLIG IS PROVIDING THE OWNERS WITH NEW INSULATION AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES. THE NEW INSULATION IS TO BE INSTALLED ON THE INSIDE SIDE SURFACE OF THE ACCESS HATCH AND A MECHANICAL RETAINING STRIP TO SUPPORT THE ADJACENT INSULATION. THE RETAINING STRIP IS ATTACHED WITH NUTS AND BOLTS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 19, 2002. 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 GILLIG AT 1-800-735-1500.

Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 02V325000

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.