FLXIBLE TRANSIT COACH 1979: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 79V243000

Make Model Year
FLXIBLE TRANSIT COACH 1979
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1979-10-23 1979-11-06 1979-12-14

Production Dates: 1978-06-01 - 1979-10-01

Manufacturers Involved: FLXIBLE CORPORATION

Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 808

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Summary

IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE UNDERFLOOR WIRE CONDUIT ATTACHING HANGER ASSEMBLY MAY FATIGUE AND BREAK UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING ROAD CONDITIONS. BREAKING OF THIS ASSEMBLY ALLOWS THE WIRING CONDUIT TO MOVE FREELY AT THE UNSUPPORTED END. THIS MOVEMENT COULD CAUSE CHAFING OF THE MAIN POWER CABLES, CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT. THE WIRE CONDUIT MAY ALSO IMPACT ON THE REAR SUSPENSION "U" BOLT ATTACHMENT.

Remedy

DEALER WILL INSTALL A MORE RIGID CONDUIT SUPPORT BRACKET AND WILL RECONFIGURE THE WIRING AND ADD A POSITIONING CLAMP WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT WITH THE SUSPENSION "U" BOLT ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY. DEALER WILL ALSO ADD A NEW CONDUIT SUPPORT BRACKET WHICH WILL ELIMINATE POTENTIAL FOR FATIGUE OR BREAKAGE OF THE ATTACHING HANGER ASSEMBLY.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES, TRANSIT.SYSTEM: ELECTRICAL; WIRING.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF A SHORT CIRCUIT WERE TO OCCUR IN THE MAIN POWERLEADS, HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE GENERATED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE FIREAND PERSONAL INJURIES TO PASSENGERS.