NHTSA recall 98V186000
Structure › Frame and members
Marque Type I
Reported Aug 10, 1998125 vehicles affectedMARQUE, INC.Built Jan 1, 1991 – Jul 31, 1998
The defect
Vehicle description: type I modular ambulances, rescue trucks, and speciality vehicles. the bolts used to secure lateral supports to a type I chassis rail have partially, or completely, pulled through the mounting slot. this results in the lateral support being less than securely fastened to the chassis.
The risk
The ambulance body IS not adequately secured to the chassis.
The remedy
Dealers will retrieve, inspect, and remedy as needed the vehicles involved and will return these vehicles to owners. where necessary, supplementary steel plating, new retainer washers, or entirely new lateral supports will be added.