NHTSA Recall 05V282000
NHTSA Campaign Id 05V282000; Date: Jun. 14, 2005
A broken connecting rod can allow the door panel to move freely in an uncontrolled manner, leaving passengers inside the vehicle unprotected by the door panel and enabling a protruding door panel to strike persons or objects outside the vehicle.
Recalled Vehicles:
2001 Orion VII; 2002 Orion VII; 2003 Orion VII; 2004 Orion VII; 2005 Orion VII
Component: Structure:body:door
Manufactured by: Orion Bus Industries Ltd.
Affected Units:: 1,092
Recall Summary:
On certain commercial buses equipped with vapor door assemblies, the two piece curved connecting rods when used as an element of the door actuation linkage in conjunction with a vapor medium pneumatic differential engine, may be subject to fatigue failure resulting in bending or breaking of the connecting rod.
How to Fix:
Orion is working with vapor bus International to notify owners and have the repair performed on their vehicles. The remedy consists of replacing the two piece connecting rod with a one piece connecting rod. Owners may contact orion bus at 905-403-7832 or vapor at 847-777-6400.
Recall Notes:
Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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