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Gillig Corporation 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.

NHTSA campaign 05V-473 · Reported December 10, 2005 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Gillig Corporation
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
GILLIG IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO REPROGRAM THE ENGINES.
COST
Free

The short version

GILLIG CORPORATION reported a problem with the engine diesel. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

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.

WHY IT MATTERS

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

WHAT TO DO

GILLIG IS WORKING WITH DETROIT DIESEL TO REPROGRAM THE ENGINES, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 05V-473.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 05V-473

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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