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NHTSA recall 92V060000

Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components

Carpenter Scl-1801

Reported Apr 23, 199216 vehicles affectedCARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.Built Feb 1, 1986 – Sep 1, 1989

The defect

The school buses exceed the chassis manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) by 650 lbs. And fail to comply with fmvss 105, "hydraulic brake systems."

The risk

The school buses do not meet the stopping distancerequirements specified by fmvss 105 if the school bus has a gross vehicle weightgreater than the maximum gvwr specified by the chassis manufacturer. A fullyloaded bus could have an accident due to the increase in stopping distance.

The remedy

Remove the required number of passenger seats so that the capacity of the vehicle IS reduced to 10,000 lbs. Or less.

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Vehicles in this recall

Carpenter Scl-1801
1986198719881989

Notes

System: brakes; fmvss 105.vehicle description: 22 seat school buses built on ford E350 cutaway vanchassis; gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) 10,ooo lbs.note: carpenter body works, inc. IS a defunct corporation whose assets werepurchased by carpenter manufacturing, inc. Carpenter manufacturing has agreedto perform this recall.