NHTSA Campaign 05V473000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

Issued by GILLIG CORPORATION · Reported Oct 12, 2005 · 5 vehicles affected

What's wrong

ON CERTAIN TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 50 ENGINES, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) WILL NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO ACTIVATE THE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR.

Consequence

ENGINE MALFUNCTION COULD POSSIBLE LEAD TO ENGINE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE AND POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE FIRE.

Remedy

GILLIG IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO REPROGRAM THE ENGINES. GILLIG ISSUED A RENOTIFICATION LETTER TO OWNERS ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1-313-592-5791 OR GILLIG AT 1-510-785-1500.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
GILLIG LOW FLOOR 2003 5
GILLIG LOW FLOOR 2004 5
GILLIG PHANTOM 2003 5

Source: NHTSA Campaign 05V473000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.