| NHTSA Record Id: 21559 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: CARPENTER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000006427000058407000000071 |
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| Model Name: SCL-1801 |
Model Year: 1988 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 92V060000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Feb, 01 1986 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1989 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 16 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 08 1992 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : CARPENTER BDY WRKS, INC. |
Report Received Date: Apr, 23 1992 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 28 1992 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 105 |
| Defect Summary : The school buses exceed the chassis manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) by 650 lbs. and fail to comply with fmvss 105, "hydraulic brake systems." |
Consequence Summary: The school buses do not meet the stopping distancerequirements specified by fmvss 105 if the school bus has a gross vehicle weightgreater than the maximum gvwr specified by the chassis manufacturer. a fullyloaded bus could have an accident due to the increase in stopping distance. |
| Corrective Summary : Remove the required number of passenger seats so that the capacity of the vehicle is reduced to 10,000 lbs. or less. |
Recall Notes: System: brakes; fmvss 105.vehicle description: 22 seat school buses built on ford e350 cutaway vanchassis; gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) 10,ooo lbs.note: carpenter body works, inc. is a defunct corporation whose assets werepurchased by carpenter manufacturing, inc. carpenter manufacturing has agreedto perform this recall. |
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