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NHTSA recall 98V247000

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf spring assembly

Wheeled Coach Ambulance

Reported Oct 5, 19985 vehicles affectedWHEELED COACH INDUSTRIES

The defect

Vehicle description: ambulances built on ford F-350 cab-chassis, 4-wheel-drive. the overload spring stop was not removed from these chassis. if the vehicle were fully loaded and a full compression of the rear suspension occurred, the edge of the overload spring leaf could contact the ambulance floor.

The risk

This contact could cause a hole in the bottom of the patient compartment.

The remedy

Dealer will inspect the ambulances and if the auxiliary springs were left on the vehicle, the springs and plates will be removed.

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Vehicles in this recall

Wheeled Coach Ambulance
1999

Notes

Owner notification began october 1, 1998.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 wheeled coach at 1-800-628-8178.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).