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Startrans

Official notice

10 Jan 2013

Last checked

10 Jan 2013

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Startrans. Certain multi-function school activity buses fail to comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 217 - Bus Window Retention, Release and Emergency Exits. The rear emergency exit door may be partially blocked by the seats. Should an emergency situation arise, this may hinder evacuation efforts and increase the risk of personal injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will relocate the seats. Published 2013-01-10.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

71107

Official notice

2013-01-10

The hazard

Certain multi-function school activity buses fail to comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 217 - Bus Window Retention, Release and Emergency Exits. The rear emergency exit door may be partially blocked by the seats. Should an emergency situation arise, this may hinder evacuation efforts and increase the risk of personal injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will relocate the seats.

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Recall Numbers

71107

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2007, Make: STARTRANS, Model: MFSAB

Product 2

Year: 2008, Make: STARTRANS, Model: MFSAB

Product 3

Year: 2009, Make: STARTRANS, Model: MFSAB

Product 4

Year: 2010, Make: STARTRANS, Model: MFSAB

Product 5

Year: 2011, Make: STARTRANS, Model: MFSAB

Risk / hazard

Certain multi-function school activity buses fail to comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 217 - Bus Window Retention, Release and Emergency Exits. The rear emergency exit door may be partially blocked by the seats. Should an emergency situation arise, this may hinder evacuation efforts and increase the risk of personal injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will relocate the seats.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Startrans.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

71107

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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