Certain commercial buses equipped with t-slide oval windows fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "Bus emergency exits and window retention and release." Incorrect side emergency exit windows were installed.
Visibility & wipers
Amtran FE Visibility problems by year
0 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Amtran FE's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
Visibility complaints by model year
Visibility recalls
Vehicle description: certain school and transit buses were built with a poor quality heater/defroster blower switch. In some cases this has caused the melting of the heater harness connector at the switch terminals or the high-speed wire insulation at the...
Vehicle description: school buses equipped with rosco cross over mirrors. The position of the driver's rear view mirror does not allow complete visibility of pedestrians as required under federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 111, "Rearview mirrors."
Vehicle description: school buses. Some heater/defroster units were built with the blower motor wired improperly. When wired improperly the blower motor runs backward and airflow for heating and defrosting is very limited. This does not meet the...
Covers1999 Amtran FE
Latest FE visibility complaints
No complaints in this area yet.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data