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Amtran Genesis

Every Amtran Genesis model year on file, 1991 to 1999. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91991 to 1999
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.7511991199219931994199511996199719981999
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Amtran Genesis complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
1
Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Amtran Genesis model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Amtran Genesis by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1999Not decoded0NoneNone300
1998Not decoded10.0100401
1997Not decoded0NoneNone300
1996Not decoded0NoneNone300
1995Not decoded10.0100500
1994Not decoded0NoneNone600
1993Not decoded0NoneNone600
1992Not decoded0NoneNone400
1991Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Amtran Genesis

  • 99V-061 Mar 23, 1999
    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with flip seats at the emergency exits
    Seats · 7,738 vehicles
  • 99V-038 Mar 1, 1999
    Transit and school buses
    Brakes · 523 vehicles
  • 98V-301 Dec 1, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Structure · 38k vehicles
  • 98V-248 Oct 7, 1998
    Vehicle description: transit and school buses built with the rear axle five-spoke cast style wheel assemblies, codes 28a002, 28a003, 28a006, and…
    Wheels · 1,878 vehicles
  • 98V-123 Jun 2, 1998
    Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with 2-piece, no5x7508 tilting steering column, or no5x710 telescopic and tilting steering…
    Steering · 253 vehicles
  • 98V-106 May 15, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Electrical system · 13k vehicles
  • 95V-206 Oct 24, 1995
    These buses have a rearview mirror system that does not meet the viewing requirements of fmvss no. 111, "rearview mirrors."
    Visibility and wipers · 495 vehicles
  • 94V-234-001 May 12, 1995
    Hydraulic brake system on these buses uses two hydraulic pressure switches to operate the brake lights and the brake booster pump
    Brakes · 1,179 vehicles
  • 94V-095 May 24, 1994
    Brake fluid initially installed by the manufacturer is contaminated
    Brakes · 56 vehicles
  • 94V-054 Mar 23, 1994
    Hydraulic brake master cylinder has internal damage caused by a malfunction of the automatic fill equipment used in the chassis assembly process
    Brakes · 516 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.