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United States 90V175000

THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.

SEAT BELTS — INTERIOR SYSTEMS:ACTIVE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS AN · October 4, 1990

The problem

THE COMBINATION OF TYPE 2 ELR SEAT BELT AND SUSPENSION TYPE DRIVER'S SEAT CAUSES SAFETY BELT CINCHING WHICH BECOMES SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISTRACT OR HINDER DRIVER FROM NORMAL OPERATION OF BUS.

Risk

DISTRACTION OF DRIVER COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

What owners should do

INSTALL SEAT BELT THAT INCORPORATES SOME ANTI-CINCHING FEATURES AND A NEW SET OF TETHER STRAPS FOR SUSPENSION SEAT.

Units 300

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