2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH Complaints and Recall Information
The 2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH has 0 complaints and 6 recalls filed with NHTSA. Owner feedback is unavailable due to the lack of complaints.
Six recalls involve multiple systems including exterior lighting, wheels, air conditioning units, and adaptive/mobility equipment such as wheelchair lifts. The recalls address possible safety hazards like fire risk, tire failure, and equipment malfunction.
Recalls- Exterior lighting. Recall 10V038000 affects 1,227 buses with Grote Industries LED lamp markers. Moisture can enter the lamp housing causing lamp failure, overheating, melting, and potential fire. This poses a risk of property damage, injury, or death. The remedy involves free replacement of the LED marker lamps beginning March 2010.
- Wheels. Recall 10V370000 applies to 246 buses produced with incorrect wheel well profile cutouts reducing clearance between molding screws and tires. Screws may rub against tires leading to tire failure and loss of vehicle control. Dealers will inspect, modify the wheel well profile, and install new fasteners at no charge since August 2010.
- Air conditioner evaporators. Recall 11V243000 involves 4,333 buses equipped with Carrier Genv EM-1 evaporator units where fuses may loosen causing high resistance and arcing. Adequate arcing could melt the fuse holder and cause a vehicle fire. Carrier provides retrofit kits and free repairs, with the recall starting April 2011.
- Wheelchair lift roll stops. Recall 12V356000 covers 2,215 buses with Braun Century-2 and Vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Roll stop latches may bend or misalign, allowing a wheelchair occupant to fall if the lift is elevated. Dealers repair affected vehicles free of charge since September 2012.
- Wheelchair lift platform side plates. Recall 14V610000 affects 178 buses on Ford and Chevrolet chassis with Ricon wheelchair lifts. Platform side plates may crack causing the platform to separate and fall when the lift doors open, risking injury. Supplemental support bumpers are installed or cracked platforms replaced free starting October 2014.
- Wheelchair lift folding link arms. Recall 15V750000 concerns 2,978 buses with Ricon lifts having pivot holes that may allow bearing displacement. This can cause excessive movement and platform failure, with the lift platform falling out and risking injury. Inspections and part replacements are performed free since December 2015. This recall applies even if the 2014 recall remedies were implemented.
Owners with buses facing persistent repairs, safety defects, or unresolved recall issues may have rights under state lemon law statutes. Consulting legal guidance may assist in understanding those rights.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH Summary
2007
Model Year
0
Total Complaints
6
Total Recalls
11177
Vehicles Affected
Recalls
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2978 vehicles affected
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Eldorado National- Kansas (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Aerotech, AeroElite, Aerolite, Advantage, Transtech, and Krystal shuttle buses and model year 2006-2014 VersaShuttle shuttle buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by the Ricon Corporation. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.
Risk: If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
178 vehicles affected
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Eldorado National-Kansas (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 Aerotech, Aerolite, Aero Elite, Transtech, and Advantage coaches manufactured January 1, 2006, to September 26, 2014, and built on Ford E-350, E-450 and E-550 chassis, and Chevrolet 3500 and 4500 chassis, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation. The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack.
Risk: If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2215 vehicles affected
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Eldorado National - Kansas (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2011 Aerotech, Aerolite, Aero Elite, and Transtech buses equipped with Braun Century-2 and Vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time, and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.
Risk: A wheelchair occupant may defeat or ride over the insufficiently latched roll stop. If this occurs when the lift platform is in an elevated position, the wheelchair's occupant could fall and sustain injury.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
4333 vehicles affected
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
ELDORADO NATIONAL IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2011 AEROTECH, AEROLITE, AERO ELITE, AND TRANSTECH BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 2006, THROUGH MARCH 2011 AND EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS. DUE TO TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND/OR VIBRATION, THE FUSE MAY LOOSEN IN THE FUSE HOLDER RESULTING IN HIGH RESISTANCE AND ARCING.
Risk: IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND A VEHICLE FIRE MAY OCCUR.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
246 vehicles affected
WHEELS
ELDORADO NATIONAL - KANSAS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2010 TRANSTECH BUSES. THESE VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INCORRECT WHEEL WELL PROFILE CUTOUT. THE SMALLER PROFILE RESULTS IN A REDUCED CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE WHEEL WELL RUBBER MOLDING ATTACHMENT SCREWS AND THE BUS' TIRES. THE ATTACHMENT SCREWS COULD RUB AGAINST THE BUS' TIRES RESULTING IN A TIRE FAILURE.
Risk: A TIRE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
1227 vehicles affected
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ELDORADO NATIONAL IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2008 AEROTECH, AEROLITE, AERO ELITE, AND TRANS TECH BUSES EQUIPPED WITH GROTE INDUSTRIES LED LAMP MARKERS. MOISTURE CAN ENTER THE LAMP HOUSING WHICH CAN LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE LAMPS, INCLUDING OVERHEATING, MELTING, AND, POTENTIALLY, A FIRE.
Risk: IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.
Complaints
No complaints found.