Vehicle report

1995 AMREP TRASH COMPACTORS

Defect investigations

1 action

PE96012 · PE

EQUIPMENT Investigation

AN AMREP TRASH HAULER HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE RESULTING IN THE TRASH COMPACTING HYDRAULIC CYCLINDERS EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HITTING A SCHOOL BUS, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF THE BUS.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.