Recall Detail

THOMAS / CONVENTIONAL / 1977

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 6018 Vehicale/Equipment Name: THOMAS
Recalled Component Id: 000011992000076812000000365 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: CONVENTIONAL Model Year: 1977
NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V360000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: UNKNOWN OR OTHER Manufacturer That Filed Report: THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1977 End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 15 2000
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 11500
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 08 2002 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. Report Received Date: Nov, 03 2000
Record Creation date : Nov, 06 2000 Federal Motar Safety Number: 222
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: certain school buses equipped with a storage compartment overhead to the left of the driver fail to meet fmvss no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection." Consequence Summary: Contact with this storage compartment does not meet the impact zone requirements of the standard.
Corrective Summary : dealers will add padding to the sides of the storage compartment. owner notification began february 8, 2002. 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 thomas built at 1-336-889-4871. 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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