2001 THOMAS ER MODEL Recall
- Campaign:
- 02V160009 on 01/16/2003
- Component:
- Seat belts
- Manufactured:
- 08/16/2000 - 03/13/2001
- Affected:
- 2,371
- Defect:
- On certain school or transit buses with passenger seat belts with retractors, the cover halves for the retractable portion of the belt can separate completely and release the seat belt connector. if this occurs, one of the load bearing pins in the connector could separate from the connector and render the seat belt unusable. in the event of a crash, the seat occupant would not be properly restrained resulting in an injury. the seat belt supplier, amsafe, will provide a snap on "over-cover" to owners to prevent the seat belt cover from separating.
- Consequence:
- If this occurs, one of the load bearing pins in the connector could separate from the connector and render the seat belt unusable. in the event of a crash, the seat occupant would not be properly restrained resulting in an injury.
- Correction:
- Dealers will provide a plastic outer cover that snaps over the existing cover on units in the field and will replace broken seat belts free of charge. 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 336-841-5924 or amsafe at 574-266-8330.
- Notes:
- Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
2001 THOMAS ER MODEL TSBs (3)
- Bulletin:
- 51R3
- Component:
- 162300 structure:body:door
- Summary:
- Thomas built buses: there have been reports of the forward door leaf hex shaft breaking. *pe
- Bulletin:
- PSD-302B
- Component:
- 040000 service brakes, air
- Summary:
- Thomas built: it has been determined that certain model buses, er-hd, hdx and mvp-ef units, have the von #70 s-cam brackets that could develop cracks in the lower portion. *pe
- 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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