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NHTSA recall 00V216000

Suspension › Front › Springs › Air suspension system

Spartan SB2142

Reported Aug 7, 2000100 vehicles affectedSPARTAN MOTORS, INC.Maker’s number SPEC 00003Built May 15, 1997 – Jul 21, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: front engine carpenter school buses with front air suspensions. due to frame flexing, both the track bar mount, mounting bolts, and the steering box mounting bolts could loosen which could allow subsequent fracture or torque loss of these bolts. the spring beam could also fracture.

The risk

This could affect the directional control of the vehicle.

The remedy

Dealers will install three structural, welded cross-members to tie together the right and left frame rails, all located forward of the front axle. stiffening gussets have been added to existing frame cross-members and the to steering gear box mounting bracket.

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Vehicles in this recall

Spartan SB2142
19971998

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin during august 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 spartan at 1-517-543-6400.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).