Amtran Commercial 1998

Model Commercial made in 1998 by Amtran got 1 consumer complain as well as 1 investigation. Consumer complaints with reference to engine and engine cooling. . The car had one investigation (steering).

Commercial year 1998

Defect investigations
Consumer Complaints

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Model 1998

Investigations

NHTSA ID	Manufacturer	Date open	Date close	Subject	Recall campaign
STEERING - COLUMN
PE03023	IC CORPORATION	06/04/2003	08/20/2003	STEERING SHAFT BOLT BINDS ON COVER	03V264000
	This investigation was prompted by a school bus fleet alleging that a bus driver could not steer while attemping to make a turn.a second fleet contacted odi and indicated they were having similar problems. odi examined the buses and found the steering boot gets twisted around the steering shaft, creating highsteering wheelefforts when trying to make a turn. as a result of the agency's investigation into this matter, international has agreed to initiate a safety recall campaign and correct this condition on 24,134 buses built from 10/29/93 through 5/21/03.the action taken by international is sufficient to resolve the issue raised by this investigation. campaign number assigned is 03v-264. a copy of the safety recall is attached. accordingly, this investigation is closed.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances.

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - DIESEL
09/20/2004		4
	I drive for dattco bus company in plainville, ct. 06062. i had to do a charter for 9am on monday 9-20-04 from plainville middle school to indian rock in bristol ct. 06010. when i left for my charter i had to switch buses with another driver. which returned to be bus number 1804 with air brakes. i left for my charter and headed for indian rock. where i had found bus 1804 going very slowly up route 69 ( wolcutt st. bristol, ct. ) there was big black smoke coming from the back of the buses tail pipe, the fan for the tempature never came on the water pressure was 230, i called it in to my dispacher judy and informed her , i made it to indian rock. when i pulled into indian rock to drop the passengers off. the antifreeze came rushing out of the bus. i called dispatch to see what to do, she told me to leave the bus there and to come back with another driver, so i did. i got back to the yard, explained what happened again to the dispatcher judy. and then i left, when i returned to pick the passengers up. judy informed me that she had called new britian office for the mechanic to come fix the bus, he refused to come and said the bus will be fine it was just the over flow of the antifreeze. and the bus will be fine to drive when she meaning (me) returns to pick the passengers up. so no one came to look at the bus, nor try to fix it. i under hand had to risk my life and passengers to bring them back to the school, i was not sure if i could refuse to drive the bus. so i did, we did indeed get back to the school safetly, i told my boss i was very uncomfortable on the whole situation and i will never drive another broken bus again. the bus still is not fixed nor has been looked at and another driver contiues to drive the bus all day long with passengers.*ak

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State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
CT	NEW BRITIAN		DATTCO BUS COMPANY