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Ameritrans Bus certification labels may have an inaccurate gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr).

NHTSA campaign 16V-328 · Reported May 19, 2016 · 225 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Ameritrans Bus
VEHICLES AFFECTED
225
REMEDY
Ameritrans will notify owners, and dealers will remove and/or reposition bus seats as necessary and install a corrected labels, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Ameritrans Bus, Inc. reported a problem with the other labels. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The certification labels may have an inaccurate gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

WHY IT MATTERS

If the GVWR is unknowingly exceeded, vehicle handling may be adversely affected, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Ameritrans will notify owners, and dealers will remove and/or reposition bus seats as necessary and install a corrected labels, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-328.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 16V-328

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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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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