| NHTSA Record Id: 8918 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: SPARTAN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009168000072977000000265 |
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| Model Name: GLADIATOR |
Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V118000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: SPEC 98049 |
| Component Name: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 14 1986 |
End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 09 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1753 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 29 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Shyft Group |
Report Received Date: May, 12 1999 |
| Record Creation date : May, 20 1999 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 207 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: fire trucks. these fire trucks are all 4-door models which contain dual, forward facing passenger seats. the hardware utilized to mount the seat box to the cab floor and to the backwall structure, and also to mount the type 1 seat belt systems, was inadequate to meet the requirements of fmvss nos. 207/210, ""seating systems" and "seat belt assembly anchorages." |
Consequence Summary: The seat box mounting/restraining hardware can loosen or fail allowing the seat/seat box assembly to break free of its mounting to the cab floor and/or backwall which could cause injury to the occupants of those seats. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the seat box mounting fasteners. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began november 29, 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 spartan at 1-800-722-3025.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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