1997 THOMAS CITILINER Recall

Campaign:

97V133000 on 08/28/1997

Component:

Electrical system:battery:cables

Manufactured:

07/31/1988 - 06/11/1997

Affected:

8,107

Defect:

Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with in-line six engine,"s" type frame rails and side mounted battery box. the battery cable routing allows the positive cable to chafe resulting in a possible short circuit of the cable.

Consequence:

If an electrical short occurs, it can cause loss of power to the vehicle and a possible vehicle fire.

Correction:

Thomas built will provide owners with repair parts and detailed repair procedures to secure the cable to prevent further damage. if the owner so desires, thomas built will perform the repair for them.

Notes:

Owner notification began october 24, 1997. owners who do not receive the free repair parts and detailed repair procedure within a reasonable time should contact thomas built at 1-910-889-4871.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

1997 THOMAS CITILINER TSB

Bulletin:

PS-13-8

Component:

043200 service brakes, air:slack adjusters:automatic

Summary:

Thomas built bus: all models of thomas buses using automatic slack adjusters. the automatic slack adjusters are routinely being adjusted by some operators and service technicians to make brake pushrod stroke appear to be with legal brake

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