Recall Detail
TRANSCRAFT / TL2000 / 2000
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 7290 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: TRANSCRAFT |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011239000090743000000276 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TL2000 | Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V221000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: TRANSCRAFT CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Feb, 16 1998 | End date of Manufacturing: May, 10 2000 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1236 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 28 2000 | Recall Initiator: OVSC |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Transcraft Corporation | Report Received Date: Aug, 14 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 14 2000 | Federal Motar Safety Number: 223 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: flatbed trailers. the wrong material specification was furnished for the vertical gussets of the bumper. this would allow the bumper to fail by folding under the trailer at lower impact forces than allowed. these bumpers do not meet the requirements of fmvss no. 223, "rear impact guards." | Consequence Summary: Failure of the rear bumper could allow vehicles involved in front end collision with the rear end of the trailer to run under the rear end of the trailer causing vehicle damage to the trailer/vehicle and could result in bodily injury to vehicle occupants. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will add two steel bars to the vertical gussets of the rear bumper. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began august 28, 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 transcraft at 1-800-950-2995, extension 399. 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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