- Vehicles
- 89
- Built between
- Aug 2006 – May 2007
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 14 December 2009
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 2006 and May 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2006-2007 Us Bus Safe TranBuilt August 2006 to May 2007
- 2006-2007 Us Bus SturdibusBuilt August 2006 to May 2007
- 2006-2007 Us Bus UniverseBuilt August 2006 to May 2007
What the defect is
Certain my 2006 and 2007 U.S. Bus sturdibus, universe, and safe tran school buses equipped with an intermotive lift interlock device module manufactured between august 1, 2006, and may 9, 2007. When the vehicle battery voltage drops to 7.5 volts, the module may go to a fault mode and not lock the shifter in park which fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, platform lift installations in motor vehicles.
What could happen
The vehicle may be moved with the lift deployed and could result in injury or death to the lift occupant.
What gets fixed
U.S. BUS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 14, 2009.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 2006 to May 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA28 May 2007
- Owners notified14 December 2009
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 28 May 2007.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners can contact U.S. Bus at 765-939-3984.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- U.S. BUS CORPORATION
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 403
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Customers may 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.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.