What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990096
- Recall date
- 26 June 1990
- Make
- Girardin
- Models
- School Bus
- Model years
- 1987 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Compliance TC
- Vehicles affected
- 154
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES BUILT ON DODGE CHASSIS.rnTHESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 217 - BUS WINDOW RETENTION, RELEASE AND EMERGENCY EXITS.rnTHE TWO LEAFS OF THE EMERGENCY REAR DOORS, WHEN OPENED FROM THE INSIDE, MAY JAM TOGETHER IF PUSHED TOGETHER, AND IN SOME CASES CAN JAM SO TIGHTLY THAT THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN.rnCORRECTION: A LATCH MECHANISM WILL BE ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE REAR DOOR LEAFS WHICH WILL ALLOW THE DOORS TO OPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT NOT JAM ON EACH OTHER.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1990096.