Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 12V384000

Structure: body: roof and pillars

GLAVAL BUS DIVISION filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2012-08-03.

Recall campaignNHTSA 12V384000

Structure: body: roof and pillars

Component
Structure: body: roof and pillars
Manufacturer
GLAVAL BUS DIVISION
Vehicles affected
90
Reported to NHTSA
2012-08-03
Owners notified
2012-08-17

Defect description

Glaval Bus is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 transit buses equipped with Speciality Manufacturing Inc. (SMI) ProLo roof escape hatches. Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no. 009327, and the nylon rear pop-up support, p/no. 008956, may result in opening force of the ProLo roof hatches that exceeds Federal standard requirements. Thus, these hatches fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."

Safety risk

In the event of an emergency, passengers' exit from the bus may be hindered, possibly resulting in injury to the vehicle occupants.

Manufacturer remedy

Glaval Bus will notify owners. SMI will provide service kits along with repair instructions to dealers and owners, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 17, 2012. Owners may contact Glaval Bus at 1-574-262-2212 or SMI at 1-800-951-7867.

Notes

Owners may also contact The National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministrations Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Scope of coverage

10 model years across 5 models.

ModelYears on record
GLAVAL Primetime2012 2011
GLAVAL Sport2012 2011
GLAVAL Titan II2012 2011
GLAVAL Universal2012 2011
GLAVAL BUS Entourage2012 2011

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.