| NHTSA Record Id: 3675 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: GOSHEN COACH |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014159000101610000000192 |
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| Model Name: GCII CUTAWAY BUS |
Model Year: 2001 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V274000 |
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| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: WARRICK INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 2000 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 24 2001 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 33 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 28 2001 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : VERITRANS SPECIALTY VEHICLES, INC. |
Report Received Date: Aug, 28 2001 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 06 2001 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: transit cutaway buses equipped with telma brake retarder driveshaft system option on vehicles built on a ford e-450 chassis with 186" wheelbases. these vehicles can experience driveshaft failure. |
Consequence Summary: If the driveshaft fails, it can break and fall away while the vehicle is in motion, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash, personel injury or death. |
| Corrective Summary : Goshen coach has notified all of its customers to remove the buses from services. while goshen coach is developing a permenant repair for this condition, dealers will remove the telma brake retarder and driveshaft and replace it with a standard driveshaft. owner notification began august 28, 2001. 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 goshen coach customer service department at 219-264-7511. |
Recall Notes: Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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