NABI Unknown or Other

Nabi is recalling about 130 vehicles over a problem with the unknown or other. This could allow a mobility aid to roll off of the lift platform injuring its occupant.

Campaign
99V242004
Manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES
Reported
24 April 2000
Vehicles
130
Built between
Apr 1998 – Jun 1999
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
25 June 1999
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 1998 and June 1999. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1998-1999 NABI Transit BUSBuilt April 1998 to June 1999

What the defect is

Vehicle description: 40' standard floor transit buses. Failure of a soft seat check valve in wheelchair lifts provided by lift-u, may allow the front and rear platform barriers to return to a horizontal position from the vertical position they are supposed to be locked in.

What could happen

This could allow a mobility aid to roll off of the lift platform injuring its occupant. Lift-u will replace the soft seat check valves.

What gets fixed

LIFT-U WILL REPLACE THE SOFT SEAT CHECK VALVES.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 1998 to June 1999
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA24 April 2000
  3. Owners notified25 June 1999

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 24 April 2000.

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.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
20001
Recalling manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES
Recall initiated by
ODI

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

Nabi recall no. 20001.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact lift-u at 1-209-838-2400 or nabi at 1-256-831-4296. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

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.

Same component

Same brand