SUSPENSION
Nov 6, 2000
70 units potentially affected
The defect: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 60' ARTICULATED TRANSIT BUSES. THESE BUSES COULD BECOME UNSTABLE AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH SHOULD THE HYDRAULIC DAMPENING SYSTEM IN THE ARTICULATED JOINT MALFUNCTION.
The risk: THE TRAILER COULD START TO SWING FROM SIDE TO SIDE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
The remedy: DEALERS WILL MODIFY THESE VEHICLES.
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