Carrier recall: Equipment
What is wrong
Nesco bus maintenance (nesco) is recalling certain carrier gen v em-1 evaporators installed as original equipment by nesco on various school and transit buses. The em-1 evaporators contain a fuse holder in the motor assembly which due to time, temperature, and/or vibration may cause the fuse to loosen in the fuse holder, resulting in high resistance and arcing.
What could happen
If sufficient arcing occurs, the fuse holder may melt and potentially cause a fire.
The fix
Nesco will notify owners and provide information on how to obtain the retrofit kit from carrier along with repair instructions. This service will be performed free of charge. Nesco has not provided a notification schedule. (see carrier's recall campaign 11e-003.) owners may contact carrier at 1-800-348-7440. In order to determine if your vehicle is affected, please review the list of vehicles provided to us by nesco by clicking on the affected vehicle list.
Vehicles covered
- Carrier Em-1
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 12V179000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Nesco Bus Maintenance
- Reported to NHTSA
- Apr 24, 2012
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Vehicles or items affected
- 231
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- –
- Part
- Equipment › Appliance › Air conditioner
Notes
Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Carrier recall: Equipment May 27, 2011
- Carrier recall: Equipment Jan 25, 2011
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.