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Amtran RE

Every Amtran RE model year on file, 1993 to 2004. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121993 to 2004
Recall campaigns22Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

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

00.511.521993199419951996219971998199920002001200220032004
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Amtran RE complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
2
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Amtran RE 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 RE by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2004Not decoded0NoneNone400
2003Not decoded0NoneNone810
2002Not decoded0NoneNone810
2001Bus10.0100810
2000Not decoded0NoneNone510
1999Not decoded0NoneNone810
1998Not decoded0NoneNone711
1997Not decoded0NoneNone610
1996Not decoded20.0200620
1995Not decoded0NoneNone310
1994Not decoded0NoneNone110
1993Not decoded0NoneNone010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Amtran RE

  • 04V-498 Oct 28, 2004
    Certain 1998, 2000-2005 my ce, fe, and re school buses built with one or more ce white 30-inch child restraint seats and manufactured between…
    Seats · 154 vehicles
  • 04V-469 Sep 21, 2004
    Certain my 2001-2005 amtran/ic corporation ce, fe, and re school buses equipped with sure-lok wheelchair tie-down securement assemblies p/n 8625-13
    Adaptive equipment · 1,220 vehicles
  • 04E-058 Aug 6, 2004
    Certain sure-lok wheelchair tie-down securement assemblies p/n 8625-13 for use on certain school and transit buses
    Adaptive equipment · 300k vehicles
  • 04V-251 May 24, 2004
    On certain school buses, the instructions on how to operate the emergency exit did not meet the minimal letter height of 1-centermeter
    Visibility and wipers · 4,157 vehicles
  • 04V-097 Feb 24, 2004
    On certain "special needs" school buses equipped with sur-loc "l" wheelchair tracks, the lift mounting bolts could corrode if moisture occurs in…
    Equipment · 1,589 vehicles
  • 04V-012 Jan 2, 2004
    Certain commercial buses equipped with t-slide oval windows fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217,…
    Visibility and wipers · 52 vehicles
  • 03V-354 Sep 23, 2003
    Ce model school buses which fail to comply to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, school bus body joint strength
    Structure · 67k vehicles
  • 02V-343 Dec 30, 2002
    On certain buses equipped with hydraulic brakes, the master cylinder was damaged during the fill and bleed procedure
    Brakes · 1,295 vehicles
  • 02V-200 Aug 7, 2002
    Certain school buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no. 221, "school bus body joint…
    Structure · 1,689 vehicles
  • 01V-241 Nov 20, 2001
    Vehicle description: certain school and transit buses were built with a poor quality heater/defroster blower switch
    Visibility and wipers · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.