American Transportation Corp.: Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
American Transportation Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 3, 1992 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 200. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILED THE CRASH BARRIER TEST. THE FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED, RESULTING IN FLUID LOSS GREATER THAN ALLOWED BY FMVSS 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY".
The risk
FUEL SPILLS IN A COLLISION COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE FIREIF EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.
The remedy
MODIFY THE FUEL TANK CAGE TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS 301.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Amtran Genesis | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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 92V102001.
Full record for the 1992 Amtran Genesis → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →