The defect
THE METAL HOUSING OF THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS ON AUTOMATIC LOCKING RETRACTOR/EMERGENCY LOCKING RETRACTOR SAFETY BELTS CAN BECOME DEFORMED PREVENTING EXTENSION AND/OR RETRACTION OF THE BELT.
The risk
PASSENGERS WOULD BE UNABLE TO EXTEND OR RETRACT THEIR SAFETY BELTS AND WOULD BE AT A RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A HARDENED WASHER WHICH WILL DECREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFORMATION OF THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR. DAMAGED RETRACTORS WILL BE REPLACED.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Conventional | 1993, 1994 |
| Thomas MVP | 1993, 1994 |
| Thomas SAF-T-Liner | 1993, 1994 |
| Thomas Vista | 1993, 1994 |
Components: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Conventional | 1993 | 0 | 7 |
| Thomas Conventional | 1994 | 0 | 9 |
| Thomas MVP | 1993 | 0 | 6 |
| Thomas MVP | 1994 | 0 | 8 |
| Thomas SAF-T-Liner | 1993 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas SAF-T-Liner | 1994 | 0 | 13 |
| Thomas Vista | 1993 | 0 | 7 |
| Thomas Vista | 1994 | 0 | 9 |
Other seat belts recalls in 1995
26 of the 260 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1995 concerned the seat belts; THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. filed 100 campaigns in all.
| 95V242000 13 Dec 1995 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 95V241000 13 Dec 1995 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 95V228000 4 Dec 1995 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 95V220000 16 Nov 1995 | CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 95V216001 8 Nov 1995 | HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP. |
| 95V213000 7 Nov 1995 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 95V200000 18 Oct 1995 | GRUMMAN OLSON, INC |
| 95V173000 15 Sept 1995 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1995