- Vehicles
- 140
- Built between
- Jan 1982 – Feb 1982
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 4 August 1982
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 1982 and February 1982. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1982 Flxible Transit CoachBuilt January 1982 to February 1982
What the defect is
The involved vehicles may contain emergency escape windows that do not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "bus window retention and release". Excessive force may be required to open these windows.
What gets fixed
EMERGENCY WINDOWS WILL BE MODIFIED TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION WITHOUT CHARGE.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 1982 to February 1982
- Recall reported to NHTSA2 August 1982
- Owners notified4 August 1982
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 2 August 1982.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- GRUMMAN FLXIBLE CORP.
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 217
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Vehicle description: buses, transit.system: visual; windows, emergency escape.consequences of defect: in the event of an emergency, passenger escape may behindered and serious personal injuries could result.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.