FLXIBLE TRANSIT COACH 1979: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 80V106000

Make Model Year
FLXIBLE TRANSIT COACH 1979
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1980-08-04 1980-08-07 1980-08-21

Production Dates: 1979-10-01 - 1980-07-01

Manufacturers Involved: FLXIBLE CORPORATION

Component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 688

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Regulation Part Number: 571

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 205

Summary

ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE DRIVER"S BARRIER GLAZING WAS NOT MARKED AS SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 205, "GLAZING MATERIALS".

Remedy

FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WILL INSTALL THE CORRECT DECALS AT NO CHARGE TO OWNERS.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRANSIT BUSES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; CERTIFICATION LABELS.CONSEQUENCEES OF DEFECT: WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION LABEL THERE WOULD BE NOVERIFICATION THAT THE CORRECT MATERIAL HAD BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED TO PROVIDEPROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.