Ameritrans Bus may be equipped with Tire and Loading Placards that are not applicable to vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds.
The short version
Ameritrans Bus, Inc. reported a problem with the other labels. Here is what owners need to know.
These vehicles may be equipped with Tire and Loading Placards that are not applicable to vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."
Use of the label on these vehicles may confuse the operator and may result in overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Ameritrans will notify owners, and dealers will remove the Tire and Loading Placards, free of charge.
Affected vehicles
These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-497.
| YEAR RANGE | MODEL |
|---|---|
| — | See NHTSA record 16V-497 |
What changed
Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.
- Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST
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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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