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| NHTSA Record Id: 13737 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008336000075825000000015 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: VI | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V129000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: STEERING:LINKAGES | Manufacturer That Filed Report: ORION BUS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 28 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 20 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 02 1997 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA | Report Received Date: Aug, 28 1997 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 29 1997 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: low floor transit buses. due to machining and casting variances, two of the steering relay arms on these vehicles can fracture. | Consequence Summary: Failure of the steering arm leaves the bus with no steering control increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace these steering arms. | Recall Notes: Owners were notified august 1, 1997, to remove these buses from service until the remedy was performed.a second ownernotificationis expected to begin september 2, 1997.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 bus at 1-315-768-8101.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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