| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 6391 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: THOMAS |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011994000084362000000318 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: VISTA | Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V362000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SEATS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 30 2000 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 6500 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 09 2001 | 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: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: certain school buses and transit buses equipped with national seating's series 93b-sb driver seat. a bracket attaching the gas spring shock to the height adjuster of the seat can deform and break. this bracket is located at the top of the height adjuster. | Consequence Summary: If the bracket is not replaced after deforming, and is allowed to break, its breaking will result in a sudden drop of the driver's seat, increasing the risk of loss of control of the vehicle and a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the seat base and add reinforcement to the seat assembly | Recall Notes: Owner notification began february 9, 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 thomas built atalso 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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