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NHTSA recall 99V266000

Seat belts › Front › Anchorage

Thomas Minotour

Reported Sep 7, 1999106 vehicles affectedTHOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.Built Nov 1, 1993 – Jul 31, 1996

The defect

Vehicle description: school buses built on chevrolet chassis with a corrugated steel floor and and equipped with 45" wide restraining passenger seats. the 45" wide restraining passenger seat fails to comply with the performance requirements of fmvss no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages."

The risk

In the event of a crash, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained.

The remedy

Dealers will install two additional anchorage points connecting the seat to the floor.

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Vehicles in this recall

Thomas Minotour
1993199419951996

Notes

Owner notification began may 26, 2000. 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 thomas built at 1-336-889-4871.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).