1996 MARQUE TYPE I Recall

Campaign:

98V186000 on 08/16/1998

Component:

Structure:frame and members

Manufactured:

12/31/1990 - 07/30/1998

Affected:

125

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.

Consequence:

The ambulance body is not adequately secured to the chassis.

Correction:

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.

Notes:

Owner notification began august 26, 1998.owners who have their vehicles taken to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact marque at 1-219-534-9501, ext. 17.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

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