Recall Detail

CARPENTER / CLASSIC / 1990

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 14916 Vehicale/Equipment Name: CARPENTER
Recalled Component Id: 000007622000059372000000275 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: CLASSIC Model Year: 1990
NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V042000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: STRUCTURE:BODY Manufacturer That Filed Report: CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1990 End date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1995
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 20950
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 18 1996 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC. Report Received Date: Mar, 05 1996
Record Creation date : Mar, 12 1996 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Passengers' clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus. Consequence Summary: When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion, and the individual is subject to being dragged by the bus. this can result inserious injury or death.
Corrective Summary : Insert a block between the lower handrail mount and the bus sidewall to stop the clothing from being caught. Recall Notes: System: equipment: handrails at bus entry ways.vehicle description: school buses. note: 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 carpenter at 1-317-966-8339. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
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