Gillig Structure: Escape/Egress/Exit

Gillig is recalling about 25 vehicles over a problem with the structure. If the tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.

Campaign
19V451000
Manufacturer
Gillig LLC
Reported
14 June 2019
Vehicles
25
Built between
Aug 2018 – May 2019
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 June 2019
Repaired
32%
Unrepaired
17

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2018 and May 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018-2019 Gillig LOW FloorBuilt August 2018 to May 2019

Repair progress

17 of 25 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

32% repaired — 8 of 25 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Gillig LLC (Gillig) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Low Floor vehicles equipped with a certain batch of glass roof hatches. Temperature and vibration stresses may cause the tempered glass roof hatch to shatter.

What could happen

If the tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.

What gets fixed

Gillig will notify owners, and the glass hatch manufacturer will provide replacement hatch lids, free of charge. The recall began June 27, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2018 to May 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 June 2019
  3. Owners notified27 June 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 32% repaired

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 14 June 2019.

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 may contact Gillig customer service at 1-510-264-5073 or 1-800-735-1500.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Gillig LLC
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 Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.

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