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NHTSA recall 09V495000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number09V495000
ManufacturerNORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reported2009-12-29
Owners notified2010-01-29
ComponentEQUIPMENT
Units potentially affected2370

What is wrong

NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. (NABI) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2002 THROUGH 2009 TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2002, AND SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, AND EQUIPPED WITH LUMINATOR HORIZON LED SIDE DESTINATION SIGNS. THE CONNECTOR BOARD CAN CORRODE DUE TO AN ACCUMULATION OF MOISTURE UNDER THE CONNECTOR.

What can happen

THE CORROSION COULD CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

The remedy

NABI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND LUMINATOR WILL REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE SEE LUMINATOR'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-054. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JANUARY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT LUMINATOR AT 1-972-516-3033 OR NABI AT 1-256-831-4296.

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> .

Vehicles this campaign lists
2007 BLUE BIRD ULTRA
2008 BLUE BIRD ULTRA
2009 BLUE BIRD ULTRA
2002 NABI 416
2003 NABI 416
2004 NABI 416
2005 NABI 416
2006 NABI 416
2007 NABI 416
2008 NABI 416
2009 NABI 416
2002 NABI BRT
2003 NABI BRT
2004 NABI BRT
2005 NABI BRT
2006 NABI BRT
2007 NABI BRT
2008 NABI BRT
2009 NABI BRT
2002 NABI LFW
2003 NABI LFW
2004 NABI LFW
2005 NABI LFW
2006 NABI LFW
2007 NABI LFW
2008 NABI LFW
2009 NABI LFW
2007 OPTIMA OPUS
2008 OPTIMA OPUS
2009 OPTIMA OPUS

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

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