NHTSA Campaign Id 80V124000; Date: Sep. 23, 1980
1980 Thomas Minotour
Component: Equipment:other:labels
Manufactured by: Thomas Built Buses, Inc.
Affected Units:: 57
The involved vehicles have emergency exit labels of less than the two inch height required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "bus window retention and release".
Each vehicle will be inspected and corrected by main plant personnel.
Vehicle description: school buses. System: equipment; emergency exit label. Consequences of defect: emergency exit labels that are of less than therequired height may not be readily visible to passengers in the event of anemergency. This would increase the chances of passenger injury.
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