Recall Detail

NEOPLAN / AN460 / 1996

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 9082 Vehicale/Equipment Name: NEOPLAN
Recalled Component Id: 000009014000082123000000022 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: AN460 Model Year: 1996
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V027001 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: SUSPENSION Manufacturer That Filed Report: NEOPLAN USA CORP.
Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1996 End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 31 1997
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 238
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 02 1999 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION Report Received Date: Feb, 25 1999
Record Creation date : Feb, 26 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: articulated transit buses. the rear section of the bus could become unstable at high speed if electric power is lost to the electronic control unit for the articulated stabilization system. Consequence Summary: Loss of vehicle control could occur, increasing the risk of a crash.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will install an additional hydraulic safety-dampening unit to the bus articulation hydraulic system. Recall Notes: Owner notification began february 2, 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 neoplan at 1-719-336-3256.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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