Trans/air equipment query EQ10009
Trans/Air TA73 Evaporator Melting. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this equipment query about the equipment. Opened Dec 7, 2010, closed Mar 14, 2011 after 3 months. It led to safety recall 10V637000, 10V641000, 10V645000, 10V652000, 11V091000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedOn June 22, 2010, Trans/Air Manufacturing (Trans/Air) reported that it had decided certain TA73 evaporators, manufactured between August 2, 1999, and May 15, 2007, contain a safety related defect. Trans/Air reported that these evaporators contain a power resistor to regulate blower speed. Should a short occur in the low or medium speed circuit while the blower is in high speed, the short may cause the resistor to melt and possibly ignite the plastic blower housing to which it is mounted. A melted blower housing could result in a fire. This issue was assigned recall number 10E-028. On December 8, 2010, the Recall Management Division (RMD) mailed Information Request (IR) letters to 7 vehicle manufacturers on Trans/Air's customer list. All 7 manufacturers responded to RMD's IR letter. Glaval Bus had filed their subsequent Defect Report before receiving RMD's IR letter and it was given recall number 10V-618. It was discovered that Coachmen RV's bus assets were purchased by a company called All American Group. After research with Trans/Air, All American Group discovered that no past Coachmen units were affected and they were accidentally included on Trans/Air's customer list. Trolley Enterprises responded that they had gone out of business in July 2010. Previous employees are presently searching for any remaining customer records and will forward them to RMD if recovered. The following Defect Reports were received as a result of this EQ:10V-637 - Micro Bird School Buses 10V-645 - Micro Bird Transit Buses 10V-641 - Elkhart Coach 10V-652 - Coach & Equipment Manufacturing Corp. 11V-091 - Double K. Inc. This EQ is closed.
A Equipment Query is a query about a piece of equipment — a component, a tire, a child seat — rather than a whole vehicle. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themNHTSA filed this action against Trans-Air Manufacturing Corp. without naming a model year — an equipment or manufacturer-level query.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs EQ10009 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 10V637000, 10V641000, 10V645000, 10V652000, 11V091000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is EQ10009 still open?
No. It closed on Mar 14, 2011 and led to recall 10V637000, 10V641000, 10V645000, 10V652000, 11V091000.
Which vehicles does EQ10009 cover?
NHTSA filed it against Trans-Air Manufacturing Corp. without naming a model year.