| NHTSA Record Id: 11232 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008810000078984000000365 |
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| Model Name: V |
Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V210000 |
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| Component Name: UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 02 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 723 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 05 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA |
Report Received Date: Sep, 21 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 25 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with wheel chair barriers. the wheel chair barriers are attached to the floor structure with a bolt threaded into the floor structure. in the case of a frontal crash, with the wheel chair position occupied, the bolt threads could strip allowing movement of the wheel chair barrier. |
Consequence Summary: This condition could allow movement of the wheel chair which could cause personal injury, or death, to the wheel chair occupant. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the existing wheel chair barrier leg mounting bolts with new bolts, nuts and washers. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during october 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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