| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 10008 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008946000075825000000021 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: VI | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V331000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM | Manufacturer That Filed Report: ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 30 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 20 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 22 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA | Report Received Date: Dec, 22 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Dec, 23 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: low-floor transit buses equipped with a cast steel steering relay arm. the steering arms can fail without warning. | Consequence Summary: This condition can leave the bus with no steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace these steering arms. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 22, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact orion at 1-905-403-1111.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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