Model year

1999 Gillig Phantom

Body and fuel not decoded. Owner complaints on file from no date to no date.

Recalls (5)Complaints (0)Investigations (0)Bulletins (3)

Recall campaigns covering this model year56,256 vehicles or units across those campaigns

Owner complaints0Not enough peers on file

Severity indexNoneCrash, fire, injury or death per 100

First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years

Complaints over time

Complaints about the 1999 Gillig Phantom by year filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.

Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.

Recalls

5 recall campaigns cover the 1999 Gillig Phantom

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Recall campaigns for the 1999 Gillig Phantom
Campaign	Filed	Subject	Component	Vehicles	Remedy
04V-486	Oct 7, 2004	On certain transit buses equipped with detroit diesel series 40 engines, the turbocharger can fail allowing lubricating oil to spill onto the engine	Engine and cooling	810	Part replacement
04V-470	Sep 24, 2004	On certain transit buses manufactured with detroit diesel series 50 engine, the turbocharger compressor wheel can break, resulting in shaft…	Engine and cooling	323	Software update
02V-059-004	Mar 21, 2002	On certain transit buses equipped with adhesively bonded aluminum bus door panels, due to an imperfect bonding of the door panel skin to the panel…	Structure	897	Repair or modification
02V-071-003	Mar 18, 2002	On certain transit buses equipped with vanner 60 series battery equalizers, the equalizer could fail to operate properly and cause malfunction of…	Electrical system	2,113	Inspection
01V-033-004	Mar 7, 2001	Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with vanner 60 series battery equalizers	Electrical system	2,113	Part replacement

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.

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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 1999 Gillig Phantom

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

0 complaints on file.

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.

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Service bulletins

3 manufacturer communications cover this model year

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

FS-2016-06 Dec 20, 2016 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Gillig has received reports of partial cracking in the steering gear mounting plate in some Low Floor buses. We are now requesting that owners of all Low Floor buses from model year 1997 through June, 2015 inspect the steering gear mounting plates per the i…
FS-2012-02 Jan 13, 2012 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
GILLIG: GILLIG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNDERBODY MAINTENANCE CAN BE FOUND IN CHAPTER 11 OF YOUR SERVICE MANUAL. *JS
479 Sep 23, 2003 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
REAR SUSPENSION H-FRAME CRACK MODIFICATION. NOTIFICATION LETTER TO GILLIG PHATOM BUS OWNER, GILLIG INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. 2002 MODELS ALSO INCLUDED. *TT

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.

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