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NHTSA recall 00V362000

Seats

Thomas CL960 and 6 more

Reported Nov 3, 20006,500 vehicles affectedTHOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.Built Apr 1, 1996 – Sep 30, 2000

The defect

Vehicle description: certain school buses and transit buses equipped with national seating's series 93b-sb driver seat. a bracket attaching the gas spring shock to the height adjuster of the seat can deform and break. this bracket IS located at the top of the height adjuster.

The risk

If the bracket IS not replaced after deforming, and IS allowed to break, its breaking will result in a sudden drop of the driver's seat, increasing the risk of loss of control of the vehicle and a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the seat base and add reinforcement to the seat assembly

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Thomas CL960
19961997199819992000
Thomas Conventional
19961997199819992000
Thomas Er Transit
19961997199819992000
Thomas Mvp Ef
19961997199819992000
Thomas Mvp Er
19961997199819992000
Thomas TL960
19961997199819992000
Thomas Vista
19961997199819992000

Notes

Owner notification began february 9, 2001.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 thomas built atalso contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).