1989 CHANCE VS24 Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 89V043000 on 04/04/1989
- Component:
- Electrical system:battery
- Manufactured:
- 07/31/1978 - 02/28/1989
- Affected:
- 236
- Defect:
- Battery cables and wire looms can rub against front roadside mud flap bracket, and/or one of the battery cable clamp bolts.
- Consequence:
- This creates the potential for electrical shorts and afire hazard.
- Correction:
- Modify mud flap bracket and/or cable clamp bolt to avoid interference with battery cables.
- Notes:
- System: battery cable and wire loom.vehicle description: coaches and streetcars.
- Campaign:
- 89V044000 on 04/04/1989
- Component:
- Electrical system:battery
- Manufactured:
- 07/31/1978 - 02/28/1989
- Affected:
- 236
- Defect:
- Insulation on a battery cable can chafe, shorting the conductor to ground.
- Consequence:
- This creates a potential fire hazard.
- Correction:
- Repair or replace conductor.
- Notes:
- System: battery cable and conductor.vehicle description: coaches and streetcars.
- Campaign:
- 92V130000 on 09/28/1992
- Component:
- Steering:linkages:link:drag:connection
- Manufactured:
- 07/31/1989 - 08/31/1992
- Affected:
- 591
- Defect:
- The jam-nuts for the right and left hand tie rods in the drag link were not properly torqued after installation.
- Consequence:
- This could allow the tie rod ends to back off duringvehicle operation and continued use could cause the tie rod ends to becomedisengaged and the vehicle steering would become inoperable. loss of operatorcontrol of the bus would occur.
- Correction:
- Tighten the jam-nuts to the proper torque, and install a new instruction decal on the chassis frame next to the drag link with the correct torque values for the jam nuts.
- Notes:
- System: steering: linkages.description of vehicle: buses.
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