Arboc Spirit Of America 2019

• Recall 199829 [USA]: If safety-related functions such as vehicle braking, stability, speed, and collision avoidance do not function properly, it can increase the risk of a crash.
  Arboc specialty vehicles, llc (arboc) is recalling certain 2018-2021 spirit of equess buses equipped with cummins westport inc. B6.7n natural gas engines. The engine control module software may be calibrated incorrectly, causing the engine to not limit engine speed or torque as intended for certain safety-related functions such as vehicle braking, traction and stability control, speed control, or collision avoidance.
  arboc will work with the engine manufacturer, cummins, inc., to notify owners, and cummins dealers will recalibrate the engine control module, free of charge. The recall began april 5, 2021. Owners may contact arboc customer service at 1-866-953-5555.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

  Show Content

• Recall 153647 [USA]: The misrouted power cables may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
  Arboc specialty vehicles, llc (arboc) is recalling certain 2016-2020 spirit of america and 2014-2019 spirit of liberty buses built on a freightliner custom chassis corporation (fccc) chassis. The power cables on the driver's side may have been routed incorrectly, allowing them to rub against the frame or make contact with the ground cable.
  arboc will notify owners, and dealers will re-route, inspect, and repair power cable wiring as needed, free of charge. The recall began june 24, 2020. Owners may contact arboc customer service at 1-866-953-5555. Arboc's number for this recall is rC059801.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

  Show Content

• Recall 145496 [USA]: If the roof hatch external handle breaks, in the event of an emergency, the hatch cannot be easily opened from outside the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
  Arboc specialty vehicles, llc (arboc) is recalling certain 2017-2019 spirit of freedom and spirit of mobility vehicles equipped with specialty prolo roof hatches. The roof hatch external handle may unexpectedly break under reasonable use. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 217, "bus emergency exits and window retention and release."
  arboc will notify owners, and specialty will replace the roof hatch handles free of charge. The recall began december 19, 2019. Owners may contact arboc customer service at 1-866-953-5555 or specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

  Show Content

• Recall 2019644 [Canada]: Structure
  Issue: on certain buses, the outer handle for the roof hatch (emergency exit) could break. If this happens, it would be difficult to open the roof hatch from outside the bus. Safety risk: an emergency exit that is difficult to open could increase the risk of injury in an emergency. Corrective actions: the company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to contact specialty manufacturing inc. (smi), who will provide replacement parts and instructions on how to replace the roof hatch outer handle.

  Show Content

To ensure accuracy and for your safety, it is recommended to do a free VIN recall check here or here [USA] - UK - Canada.

Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Trolley bus circuit breaker fires investigation # PE21002

  By letter submitted july 7th 2020, los angeles world airports (lawa) informed the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) of three separate fire incidents resulting in the total loss of eight of its spirit of america trolley buses. These buses were manufactured by arboc sv llc on incomplete chassis from freightliner custom chassis corporation (fccc). Considering the safety concerns and substantial losses, lawa grounded the remaining buses in their fleet and requested nhtsa to conduct an investigation on the vehicles destroyed in the fires.Nhtsas office of defects investigation (odi), contacted both the manufacturer and the fleet to obtain the necessary information needed to understand the problem and take appropriate actions. Evidence provided by lawa points to an improperly secured 30 amp recessed circuit breaker which can short circuit resulting in key-on and key-off fires. Unlike the fleet, the manufacturer believes that the three fires are not related and have nothing to do with the 30 amp breaker.This preliminary evaluation has been opened to determine if a defect in the subject vehicles represents an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety.
  

  Show Content