NHTSA Campaign Id 05V063000; Date: Feb. 28, 2005
Should the engine stall while the vehicle is in use, a possible vehicle crash could occur.
1999 Spartan BV; 1999 Spartan CV; 1999 Spartan SB; 1999 Spartan Sbfe; 2000 Spartan Sbfe; 1999 Spartan Sbfe-2142; 2000 Spartan Sbfe-2142; 1999 Spartan School Bus; 1999 Spartan SP; 2000 Spartan SP; 1998 Spartan TB2242
Component: Diesel Fuel System
Manufactured by: Spartan Chassis, Inc.
Affected Units:: 84
Certain spartan my 1998-2000 school and specialty buses equipped with cummins isb diesel engines. The fuel pump could fail to transfer fuel appropriately creating an engine stall condition.
Customers will be notified by cummins to bring their vehicles in to an authorized dealer to have the remedy done free of charge. For more information, customers may contact cummins at 1-800-diesels.
Spartan recall no. Spec 05006. Customers may also 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.
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