| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
94V019000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
HOLIDAY RAMBLER |
| Vehicle/Equipment Model: |
ALUMA LITE |
| Model Year: |
1994 |
| Manufacturer Campaign Number: |
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| Manufacturer Component Description: |
STEERING:WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR |
| Manufacturers Involved in Recall: |
HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP. |
| Manufacturered: |
19930201 - 19940101 |
| Type of Report: |
V (Vehicle, Equipment or Tire) |
| Potential Number of Units Affected: |
102 |
| Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: |
19940228 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
19940228 |
| Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: |
HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP. |
| Report Received Date: |
19940201 |
| Record Creation Date: |
19940204 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
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| Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: |
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| Defect Summary: |
IMPROPER TORQUE OF THE RETAINING BOLTS AND NUTS OF THE STEERING COLUMN SLIP SHAFT, WHICH PROVIDES THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING GEAR BOX, MAY CAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN SLIP SHAFT TO SEPARATE AT EITHER THE UPPER OR LOWER CONNECTION OF THE SHAFT. |
| Consequence Summary: |
SEPARATION OF THE STEERING COLUMN SLIP SHAFT AT EITHER THE UPPER OR LOWER CONNECTION OF THE SHAFT RESULTS IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING AND RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH. |
| Corrective Summary: |
INSPECT AND RETORQUE THE SLIP SHAFT RETAINING BOLTS AND NUTS. HOWEVER, IF, AFTER THE INSPECTION, THE BOLTS AND NUTS ARE FOUND TO BE LOOSE OR OVERTORQUED, NEW BOLTS AND NUTS WILL BE INSTALLED AND PROPERLY TORQUED. |