Gillig Low Floor Problems by year

On [[redacted]] [[redacted]]am Pacific Standard Time bus passenger [[redacted]] was injured when Livermore Transit Authority bus driver name unknown Latin male, bus number ; route number 30 West Dublin license plate number [[redacted]] slammed on brakes and bus passenger was thrown from her seat . Injured passenger was transported to Stanford University Medical Trivalley, 5555 Las Positas Blvd, Pleasanton, California, 94588. Injured passenger had surgery and has a long recovery ahead. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

This complaint involves Gillig all-electric transit buses, model years 2024-2026, and a recurring failure of the electric air compressor supplying the air brake system. When the compressor fails, system air pressure drops, resulting in automatic application of the brakes. Unlike a conventional combustion-engine drivetrain, the all-electric drivetrain can continue producing sufficient torque to allow the driver to power through the automatically applied brakes, particularly when the low-air condition occurs while...

We have approximately 495 buses that we found out can be started even though the battery disconnect switch is in the "disconnected" position. It will start and run for several minutes until the super capacitor is drained. This is hazardous to maintenance personnel who disconnect the batteries to work on the vehicle, then someone else may start it while that other person is in a dangerous position in the engine compartment.

I drive buses for disney world and they have just got some new buses with new seats and two part seat belts. The way the lap belt and shoulder belt hook together cause them to twist which allows the shoulder belt to jam in the return guide not allowing the belt to fully retract and hold properly.I have been written up for not wearing my belt properly but this is a belt issue and a major safety concern if the belt will not fully retract it will not fully operate in a collision. I have showed this to a manager and another wrote me up for not wearing it properly.This never occurs on the seat belts that are one piece and can not twist. *Tr

Michelin 305/85r22.5 Xzu3 (j) same failures that caused the voluntary recall of 2012. All remaining production dates after the recall (2011-week 45 and forward). Bead ply separation after 100,000 miles. Tires are blowing out from the bead on buses. Michelin representatives have acknowledged that there is a problem and instructed us to remove all 2011 (post recall) /2012 / 2013 tires from fleet. This is definitely a safety issue.

We are a public transit agency in vancouver, washington. Over the course of the last 15 months we have had roughly 100 sidewall blowouts of michelin xzu2 and xzu3 tires. The data entered is from one event and is very indicative of the vast majority of these blowouts. Additional information available upon request. *Tr