Recall Detail

SPARTAN / ALPINE / 1998

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 12221 Vehicale/Equipment Name: SPARTAN
Recalled Component Id: 000008742000078563000000065 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: ALPINE Model Year: 1998
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V173000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP Manufacturer That Filed Report: SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 07 1997 End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 17 1998
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 441
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 08 1998 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Shyft Group Report Received Date: Jul, 30 1998
Record Creation date : Jul, 31 1998 Federal Motar Safety Number: 105
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: motor homes, school and transit bus chassis equipped with pneumatically actuated braking system. the brake indicator light had the symbol but not the word 'brake' on it. this does not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 105, "hydraulic brake systems." Consequence Summary: The indicator lamp was not in compliance with the standard.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the indicator lamp with a lamp meeting the requirements of fmvss no. 105. Recall Notes: Owner notification began october 8,1998. 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 spartan at 1-517-543-6400.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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