Glaval Bus recall: Parking brake
What is wrong
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Glaval Concorde and Concorde II transit buses manufactured December 30, 2015, to May 13, 2016 and built on Ford chassis. The clip that connects the hand operated parking brake actuator cable to the intermediate parking brake cable may fail.
What could happen
If the parking brake cable connector clip fails, the vehicle may unexpectedly roll, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Forest River will notify owners, and Ford dealers will replace the parking brake cable connector clip, free of charge. The recall began on July 1, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Forest River's number for this recall is 35-05242016-0200.
Vehicles covered
- Glaval Bus Concorde 2015–2016
- Glaval Bus Concorde Ii 2015–2016
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 16V377000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Forest River, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- May 27, 2016
- Owners notified
- Jul 1, 2016
- Vehicles or items affected
- 6
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Dec 30, 2015 to May 13, 2016
- Part
- Parking brake
- Maker's own recall number
- 35-05242016-0200
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Glaval Bus / Starcraft Bus recall: Equipment Oct 30, 2023
- Battisti Customs / Berkshire / Eldorado and more recall: Electrical system Jan 25, 2022
- Glaval Bus recall: Structure Nov 18, 2019
- Glaval Bus / Startrans recall: Seat belts Jul 24, 2019
- Elkhart / Glaval Bus / Starcraft Bus recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Sep 18, 2018
- Glaval Bus recall: Seat belts Jul 25, 2018
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.