| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 11228 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008726000077445000000023 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: VI | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V166000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT | Manufacturer That Filed Report: ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 08 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 22 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 31 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 24 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA | Report Received Date: Jul, 20 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 22 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: transit buses built with zf front axles equipped with lucas disc brakes. the brake lever connecting the brake chamber pushrod to the disc brake actuator can contact the air bag support gusset during application of the brakes and become jammed and will not release the brake when the driver removes their foot from the brake pedal. | Consequence Summary: Since this is a steering axle, unwanted application of the brake can cause the vehicle to turn in the direction of the locked wheel increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will rework the brake levers on the subject buses. | Recall Notes: Zf is handling the owner notification and remedy for this recall. |
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