| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 11051 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: THOMAS |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008818000073119000000318 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: VISTA | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V229000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SEATS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 10 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 4300 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 07 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. | Report Received Date: Sep, 17 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 25 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with national seating series 93b-sb driver seat. a bracket attaching to the height adjusting shock absorber on the driver's seat can deform and break. | Consequence Summary: This condition can result in a sudden drop of the driver's seat, increasing the risk of loss of control of the vehicle and a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will add a reinforcement to the bracket, or if the bracket is deformed and/or broken, the entire seat base will be replaced. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 7, 1998.owners who take their buses to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact thomas built at 1-336-841-5991.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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