Thomas Built Conventional School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 1994172 on 3 November 1994. System: Structure.
What the notice says These vehicles may not comply with c.m.v.s.s. 217 - bus window retention, release and emergency exits. the hole in the bolt portion of the vandalock, which allows insertion of a pin to either engage or disengage the starting system may have been drilled in an incorrect location. the result is that the warning buzzer …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994172
- Recall date
- 3 November 1994
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Conventional School Bus
- Model years
- 1994 to 1995
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 10
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 217 - BUS WINDOW RETENTION, RELEASE AND EMERGENCY EXITS. THE HOLE IN THE BOLT PORTION OF THE VANDALOCK, WHICH ALLOWS INSERTION OF A PIN TO EITHER ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE THE STARTING SYSTEM MAY HAVE BEEN DRILLED IN AN INCORRECT LOCATION. THE RESULT IS THAT THE WARNING BUZZER WILL NOT SOUND AND THE STARTING SYSTEM OF THE BUS CAN BE OPERATED WITH THE EMERGENCY DOOR LOCKED. CORRECTION: A METAL SHIELD WILL BE RIVETED TO THE VANDALOCK COVER TO PREVENT PIN INSERTION IN THE EVENT THAT THE PIN HOLE HAS BEEN INCORRECTLY LOCATED.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
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 1994172.
Thomas Built elsewhere in this register
Thomas Built is named on 214 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1994173 · 3 November 1994 · Conventional School Bus · Structure
- 1994074 · 18 April 1994 · Conventional School Bus · Structure
- 1994057 · 16 March 1994 · Conventional School Bus · Other
- 1993087 · 11 June 1993 · School Bus · Visual System
- 1993063 · 5 May 1993 · School Bus, Bus · Other
- 1996150 · 25 September 1996 · Conventional School Bus · Fuel System
- 1992088 · 22 July 1992 · Bus · Other
- 1992027 · 13 March 1992 · School Bus, Bus · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1994200 · 28 December 1994 · 5 Series · Structure
- 1994113 · 22 June 1994 · Blazer, Jimmy · Structure
- 1994108 · 6 June 1994 · Fleetmaster Hitch · Structure
- 1994049 · 10 March 1994 · Es 300 · Structure
- 1994027 · 10 February 1994 · 626, 929 · Structure
- 1994012 · 24 January 1994 · Super Duty, Bronco, F Series · Structure
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Thomas Built: 214 in the register, and 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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