NHTSA campaign 05V088000 · Manufacturer campaign 20052

Nabi Recall 05V-088: HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING

NHTSA recall 05V088000 (Manufacturer campaign 20052) was reported by NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. on March 9, 2005, with 3,680 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Nabi 35LFW, Nabi 40Clfw, Nabi 40LFW and more for model years 1998–2005. Owners were notified on May 16, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V088000 (also written 05V-088 or 05V088)
Filed by: NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Manufacturer campaign number: 20052
Report received: March 9, 2005
Potentially affected: 3,680 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Steering — Hydraulic Power Assist System
Owners notified: May 16, 2005

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V088000. 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.

Nabi

Nabi 35LFW
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built July 1, 1998 – February 20, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Nabi 40Clfw
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built July 1, 1998 – February 20, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Nabi 40LFW
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built July 1, 1998 – February 20, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Nabi 45Clfw
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built July 1, 1998 – February 20, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Nabi 60LFW
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built July 1, 1998 – February 20, 2005 (per NHTSA)

All Nabi recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V088000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN TRANSIT BUSES, THE FRONT AXLE STOPS AND THE POWER STEERING GEAR HYDRAULIC LIMIT VALVES WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THE DRAG LINK MAY EXPERIENCE PERMANENT DEFORMATION DUE TO THE STEERING LOAD.

Safety consequence

DURING LONG TERM OPERATION INVOLVING REPEATED FLEXING OF THE DRAG LINK, IT MAY EVENTUALLY CRACK AND BREAK. THE DRIVER WILL NO LONGER HAVE STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DRAG LINKS WITH A STRONGER DRAG LINK. DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT THE STEERING GEAR HYDRAULIC LIMIT VALVE SETTINGS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 16, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NABI AT 256-831-4296.

Notes

NABI RECALL NO. 20052.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO 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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V088000

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.