NHTSA campaign 03V106000

ETI Recall 03V-106: ETI/AXLE CRACKS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 03V106000 was reported by ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC. on March 20, 2003, with 40 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the ETI 14Trsf for the 1999 model year. Owners were notified on June 1, 2003, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 03V106000 (also written 03V-106 or 03V106)
Filed by: ELECTRIC TRANSIT, INC.
Report received: March 20, 2003
Potentially affected: 40 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension — Rear
Owners notified: June 1, 2003
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 03V106000. 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 14Trsf
- 1999

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 03V106000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN ELECTRIC TROLLEY BUSES, CRACKS ARE LOCATED ON THE REAR AXLE AT THE LOWER SPRING PAD.

Safety consequence

THE REAR AXLE AND SUSPENSION CAN BECOME WEAK IF ALL WELDS FAIL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

REINFORCEMENT CORNER SPACERS AND BRACKETS WILL BE INSTALLED AND ALL WELDS RE-DONE. ETI IS REPAIRING ALL 40 BUSES ON SITE AT MUNI IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT ETI AT 1-410-628-3472.

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 03V106000

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.