| NHTSA Record Id: 6297 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: COUNTRY COACH |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011862000094160000000349 |
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| Model Name: MAX |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V327000 |
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| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: COUNTRY COACH INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 12 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 04 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 31 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 23 2000 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : COUNTRY COACH INC |
Report Received Date: Oct, 17 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 26 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 120 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: certain motor homes fail to comply with requirements of fmvss no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars." these vehicles were assigned an inadequate gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr). therefore, the tires and rims installed do not comply with the standard, causing premature front tire tread wear or tire failure during normal driving. |
Consequence Summary: This could lead to a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove and replace the tires and rims on these vehicles. in addition, the front coil springs will be removed and replaced with larger coil springs and a taper rear leaf spring added to each side. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began october 23, 2000.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 country coach at 1-800-452-8015. 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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