{"id":157163,"date":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/ameritrans-5500-2013-16v497000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:54:57","slug":"ameritrans-5500-2013-16v497000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/ameritrans-5500-2013-16v497000\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameritrans 5500 (2013) – 16V497000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defect Description For Recall<\/h2>

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, “Tire SeleCTIon And Rims.”<\/p>

Make Of Vehicle<\/h2>

AMERITRANS<\/p>

Model Of Vehicle<\/h2>

5500<\/p>

Year<\/h2>

2013<\/p>

Recall Campaign Number<\/h2>

16V497000<\/p>

Component Description<\/h2>

Equipment:Other:Labels<\/p>

Effect Of Defect<\/h2>

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>

Fix Defect<\/h2>

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>

Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2>

Ameritrans Bus, Inc.<\/p>

Start Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20120801<\/p>

End Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20160624<\/p>

Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2>

V<\/p>

Number Affected<\/h2>

803<\/p>

Date Owners Notified<\/h2>

20160902<\/p>

Initiated By<\/h2>

Mfr<\/p>

Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2>

Ameritrans Bus, Inc.<\/p>

Date Report Received<\/h2>

20160701<\/p>

Make Campaign Number<\/h2>

<\/p>

Part Number<\/h2>

<\/p>

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2>

110<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vehicle recall defect – 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, “Tire SeleCTIon And Rims.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[5196,18051],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157163"}],"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=157163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}