Recall Detail

WAYNE / MIDTOWNER / 1988

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 27145 Vehicale/Equipment Name: WAYNE
Recalled Component Id: 000005847000057247000000349 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: MIDTOWNER Model Year: 1988
NHTSA Campaign Number: 90V041000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS Manufacturer That Filed Report: COONS MFG., INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1982 End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1987
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 958
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 20 1990 Recall Initiator: OVSC
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : WAYNE ENGINEERING CORPORATION Report Received Date: Mar, 05 1990
Record Creation date : Mar, 13 1990 Federal Motar Safety Number: 217
Defect Summary : The front electric bi-fold doors on these buses are identified as an "emergency exit". fmvss 217 requires that doors identified as emergency exits require less than 20 pounds of pressure to open. these doors require more than 25 pounds of pressure to operate manually. Consequence Summary: The vehicle is in non-compliance with fmvss 217.
Corrective Summary : Replace the "emergency exit" signs with signs that read "for manual operation, pull lever down". since the doors are not identified as an emergency exit, this eliminates the non-compliance with fmvss 217. Recall Notes: System: emergency exit label; fmvss 217.vehicle description: midtowner and people mover buses.
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