98303
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
A CERTAIN CLOTHING ARTICLES BECOME LODGED IN CREVICE AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE SERVICE DOOR AND THE MANUAL CONTROL ROD AS A PERSON IS EXITING THE BUS. YD
Vehicle report
1997 AMTRAN CONVENTIONAL
Service bulletins
2 bulletinsTechnical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
G97301
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
RECALL 97V-014 - OPTIONAL HANDRAIL MOUNTED FORWARD OF ENTRANCE DOOR (TO RIGHT WHEN ENTERING BUS) ON SUBJECT VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN ENTANGLEMENT HAZARD LOCATED AT THE LOWER ATTATCHMENT POINT ON THE HANDRAIL AND THE SIDEWALL OF THE STEPWELL - CERTAIN SMALL OBJECTS MAY BE CAUGHT IN THESE AREAS SUCH AS COAT TIE STRINGS WITH DRAW STRING CLIPS OR OTHER OBJECTS ATTATCHED - SHOULD THIS HAPPEN, AND THE DRIVER DOES NOT PROPERLY OBSERVE THE PERSON EXITING THE BUS, THE PERSON MAY EXIT THE BUS WITH THE STRING CAPTURED - THE DOOR MAY BE CLOSED AND THE BUS MOVED CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO THE PASSENGER EXITING THE BUS - VEHICLES INVOLVED - VOLUNTEER AND AMTRAN CONVENTIONAL MODEL SCHOOL BUSES WITH HANDRAILS MOUNTED FORWARD OF ENTRANCE DOOR, BUILT FROM JANUARY 1, 1991 THROUGH JANUARY 20, 1997 - REPAIR PROCEDURES - REMOVE AND DISCARD THE ENTIRE HANDRAIL - IF STATE OF LOCAL CODES PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OF THE HANDRAIL, ORDER AND INSTALL A RUBBER SPACER (#436496001) AT THE LOWER ATTATCHMENT POINT OF THE HANDRAIL USING THE FASTENER PROVIDED - RECALL 97V014. *TW
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