| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 14927 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: CARPENTER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007622000071029000000275 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: CLASSMATE | Model Year: 1993 |
| 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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