| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 8130 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: AMTRAN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009770000082319000000097 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: FE | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V331000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Aug, 12 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 27 1999 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 277 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 01 1999 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : IC CORPORATION | Report Received Date: Nov, 23 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 29 1999 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school bus. an air brake line controlling the rear brakes may be too close to the exhaust pipe and could rupture at any time without warning. | Consequence Summary: Exhaust pipe heat can melt or cause premature failure of this air line if the air line is routed too close to the exhaust pipe. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a new elbow fitting and reroute the air line. the air line will also be inspected and replaced if found to be damaged from the exhaust pipe. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 1, 1999. 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 navistar at 1-800-448-7825. 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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