NHTSA recall 99V118000
Seat belts › Front › Anchorage
Spartan Advantage and 7 more
Reported May 12, 19991,753 vehicles affectedSPARTAN MOTORS, INC.Maker’s number SPEC 98049Built Jan 5, 1996 – Jan 4, 1998
The defect
Vehicle description: fire trucks. these fire trucks are all 4-door models which contain dual, forward facing passenger seats. the hardware utilized to mount the seat box to the cab floor and to the backwall structure, and also to mount the type 1 seat belt systems, was inadequate to meet the requirements of fmvss nos. 207/210, ""seating systems" and "seat belt assembly anchorages."
The risk
The seat box mounting/restraining hardware can loosen or fail allowing the seat/seat box assembly to break free of its mounting to the cab floor and/or backwall which could cause injury to the occupants of those seats.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the seat box mounting fasteners.