Vehicle Recall

Trans Tech Visibility: Power Window Devices and Controls

Trans Tech is recalling about 192 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. If this condition affects the defrost system when it is required, it may decrease the driver's visibility, possibily resulting in a crash.

Campaign
10V168000
Manufacturer
TRANS TECH BUS
Reported
23 April 2010
Vehicles
192
Built between
Feb 2009 – Apr 2010
Models
13
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
29 April 2010
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2009 and April 2010. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW4+9139Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW5+9159FRLBuilt February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW5+9195Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW5139Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW5193FRLBuilt February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW6159Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech DW6159FRLBuilt February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech SST 30 PAKBuilt February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech ST4Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech ST5Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech STH4Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech STH4+9Built February 2009 to April 2010
  • 2009-2010 Trans Tech STH5RLBuilt February 2009 to April 2010

What the defect is

Transportation collaborative inc. (tci) is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2010 school buses models sst 30 pak, STH4+9, STH4, STH5RL, ST5, ST4, DW4+9139, DW5193FRL, DW5139, DW5+9195, DW5+9159FRL, DW6159FRL, and DW6159 manufactured on chevrolet express and gmc savana chassis from february 2009 through april 15, 2010. The HVAC control knobs may fracture and spin on the control shaft causing the operator to be unable to control the defrost system. These buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 103, "windsheild defrosting and defogging system."

What could happen

If this condition affects the defrost system when it is required, it may decrease the driver's visibility, possibily resulting in a crash.

What gets fixed

TCI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 29, 2010.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2009 to April 2010
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 April 2010
  3. Owners notified29 April 2010

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 23 April 2010.

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

Owner may contact tci at 1-845-988-0419.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TRANS TECH BUS
Safety standard
FMVSS 103
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

Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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.

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