NHTSA campaign 15V488000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Ameritrans Bus, Inc.: Back Over Prevention › Camera System

Ameritrans Bus, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 5, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Ameritrans Bus, Inc. (Ameritrans) is recalling certain model year 2015 225 vehicles manufactured on a Ford E-350 chassis from February 1, 2015, through March 31, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a back up camera system which may display images from the camera in reverse.

The risk

If an object or person are on the left side of the screen but are actually on the right side of the vehicle, or vice versa, there is an increased risk of a crash.

The remedy

Ameritrans will notify owners, and dealers will replace the camera, free of charge. The recall began on September 21, 2015. Owners may contact Ameritrans customer service at 1-574-262-8935. Ameritrans' number for this recall is 15E050.

1 model year covered

Newest first
VehicleComplaintsRecallsFiresCrashes
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What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V488000.

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