AUTOCAR UNSPECIFIED 1981: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 83V030000

Make Model Year
AUTOCAR UNSPECIFIED 1981
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1983-06-28 1983-03-17 1983-04-06

Production Dates: 1979-12-01 - 1982-09-01

Manufacturers Involved: WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION

Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 2398

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Regulation Part Number: 571

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 206

Summary

IN CERTAIN TYPES OF COLLISIONS, THE DOOR LATCHES MAY RELEASE AND THE DOOR COULD OPEN. THE DOOR LATCH SYSTEM FAILS TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 206, "DOOR LOCKS AND DOOR RETENTION COMPONENTS".

Remedy

DEALER WILL INSTALL NEW DOOR LATCH CONTROL RODS AT NO COST TO THE OWNER.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY TRUCKS.SYSTEM: STRUCTURE; DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IN A REAR-END COLLISION, THE OCCUPANTS MAY BE THROWNFROM THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE CHANCES OF INJURY.NOTE: THE OWNER SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT SEAT BELTS ARE FASTENED TO LESSEN THECHANCES OF OCCUPANT EJECTION.