{"id":157161,"date":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/ameritrans-5500-2014-16v497000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","slug":"ameritrans-5500-2014-16v497000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/ameritrans-5500-2014-16v497000\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameritrans 5500 (2014) &#8211; 16V497000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Ameritrans Bus, Inc. (Ameritrans) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2012-2016 Shuttle Buses Manufactured August 1, 2012, To June 24, 2016, Built On Ford E-350, E-450, And F-550 Chassis, Dodge 5500 Chassis, And Freightliner M2 Chassis.  These Vehicles May Be Equipped With Tire And Loading Placards That Are Not Applicable To Vehicles Weighing More Than 10,000 Pounds.  As Such, These Vehicles Fail To Comply With The Requirements Of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (Fmvss) Number 110, &#8220;Tire SeleCTIon And Rims.&#8221;<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>AMERITRANS<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>5500<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2014<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>16V497000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Equipment:Other:Labels<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>Use Of The Label On These Vehicles May Confuse The Operator And May Result In Overloading The Vehicle, Increasing The Risk Of A Crash.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Ameritrans Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Remove The Tire And Loading Placards, Free Of Charge.  The Recall Began On September 2, 2016.  Owners May Contact Ameritrans Customer Service Department At 1-574-218-4786.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Ameritrans Bus, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20120801<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20160624<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>803<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20160902<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Mfr<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Ameritrans Bus, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20160701<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p>110<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; Ameritrans Bus, Inc. (Ameritrans) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2012-2016 Shuttle Buses Manufactured August 1, 2012, To June 24, 2016, Built On Ford E-350, E-450, And F-550 Chassis, Dodge 5500 Chassis, And Freightliner M2 Chassis.  These Vehicles May Be Equipped With Tire And Loading Placards That Are Not Applicable To Vehicles Weighing More Than 10,000 Pounds.  As Such, These Vehicles Fail To Comply With The Requirements Of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (Fmvss) Number 110, &#8220;Tire SeleCTIon And Rims.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[5196,18051],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}