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NHTSA recall 96V079000

Structure › Body

Superior School Bus

Reported May 6, 199620,000 vehicles affectedUNITED TECHNOLOGIES AUTO.

The defect

Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus.

The risk

When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion, the individual IS subject to being dragged by the bus. This can result in serious injury or death.

The remedy

Replace or reposition the handrails to stop clothing from being caught.

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Vehicles in this recall

Superior School Bus
1981

Notes

System: equipment; handrails at bus entryways. Vehicle description: sheller globe/superior school buses built before 1981. Note: because of the age of the school buses, united technologies automotive systems (who acquired sheller globe in 1989) IS only required by statute to provide notification of a defect and not a free remedy.