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NHTSA campaign 05V473000

Gillig Recall 05V-473: ECM CALIBRATION/EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V473000 was reported by GILLIG CORPORATION on October 12, 2005, with 5 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Gillig Low Floor and Gillig Phantom for model years 2003–2004. Owners were notified on February 27, 2007, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V473000 (also written 05V-473 or 05V473)
Filed by
GILLIG CORPORATION
Report received
Potentially affected
5 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling — Engine — Diesel
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V473000. 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.

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V473000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 50 ENGINES, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) WILL NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO ACTIVATE THE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR.

Safety consequence

ENGINE MALFUNCTION COULD POSSIBLE LEAD TO ENGINE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE AND POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

GILLIG IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO REPROGRAM THE ENGINES. GILLIG ISSUED A RENOTIFICATION LETTER TO OWNERS ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1-313-592-5791 OR GILLIG AT 1-510-785-1500.

Notes

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 05V473000

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.