1992 Product Recalls

December 17, 1992 Release # 93-02 PRODUCT: "Vita-Worth" brand iron tablets, by G

Poisoning

STEERING:LINKAGES

BREAKING OF THE STEERING CONTROL ARMS CAUSES LOSS OFVEHICLE CONTROL AND COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

REPLACE CAST IRON STEERING CONTROL ARMS.

FUEL:FUEL SYSTEMS

THE FUEL OVERFLOW SYSTEM ALLOWS FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THEGROUND, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IF EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

REPLACE THE FUEL INLET NEEDLE.

STRUCTURE:BODY:GRAB BAR:STRAP MOUNTING ASSIST

THE STEPS AND GRAB HANDLES CAN SEPARATE FROM THE TRUCKBODY UNDER LOAD FROM CAB OCCUPANTS ENTERING OR EXITING THE CAB, WHICH COULDRESULT IN AN INJURY TO USERS.

REPLACE THE STEP AND GRAB HANDLE STAINLESS STEEL FASTENERS WITH GRADE 5 ZINC AND YELLOW COATED FASTENERS. OSHKOSH WILL SEND THE REPLACEMENT FASTENERS TO OWNERS WITH THE NOTIFICATION LETTERS. OWNERS WILL BE REQUESTED TO REPLACE THE FASTENERS ON THEIR VEHICLES, AND WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR THE LABOR TO PERFORM THE REPAIR.

WHEELS:DISC:SPIDER

CRACKING OF THE WHEEL DISC RESULTS IN POSSIBLE SEPARATIONOF THE TIRE AND RIM FROM THE WHEEL DISC WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. AMERTEK IS WORKING WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.

November 30, 1992 Release # 93-023 PRODUCT: Polaris Industries LP snowmobiles -

Fire & Fire-Related Burn

TIRES:SIDEWALL

DAMAGE TO THE TIRE SIDEWALL CAN RESULT IN PREMATURE TIREFAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

KELLY SPRINGFIELD WILL REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION.

BRAKES:MECHANICAL SERVICE:MOTORCYCLES ONLY

IF THE SCREW USED TO MOUNT THE FRONT WHEEL BRAKE DISCSBREAKS, THE FRONT BRAKE WILL BE INOPERATIVE, INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCES WHICHMAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BREAKAGE OF THE SCREWS FOR MOUNTING THE JIFFY STANDSPRING WILL CAUSE THE STAND TO EXTEND, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROLDURING A TURN. BREAKAGE OF THE SCREW THAT HOLDS THE FRONT WHEEL HUB CAP CANRESULT IN THE HUB CAP BEING HURLED OFF THE MOTORCYCLE INJURING PERSONS IN ITSPATH.

REPLACE PART 3655 WITH STRONGER SCREWS.

INTERIOR SYSTEMS:ACTIVE RESTRAINTS:BELT RETRACTORS

THE DAMAGED COMPONENT MAY BECOME DISLODGED DURING VEHICLEOPERATION, MAKING THE RETRACTOR VEHICLE-SENSITIVE LOCKING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE.THIS INCREASES THE POSSIBILTY OF A SERIOUS INJURY IN A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.

THE RETRACTORS WILL BE REPLACED IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.

LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

THE TAIL LIGHT LENSES DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OFFMVSS 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." BECAUSE THETAIL LIGHT LENSES DO NOT HAVE REFLECTIVE SURFACES, THE MOTORHOMES WILL BE MOREDIFFICULT TO OBSERVE DURING TIMES WHEN THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS ARE NOT ILLUMINATED.

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A PAIR OF REFLECTORS ON THE REAR BUMPER.

WHEELS

USING THE WRONG SIZED CLAMPS TO ATTACH THE RIM AND TIREASSEMBLY TO THE WHEEL SPOKES COULD CAUSE THE STUDS THAT ATTACH THE CLAMPS TO THESPOKES TO BEND. IF THE STUDS ARE BENT, THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF STUDFRACTURE THAT COULD RESULT IN THE RIM AND TIRE ASSEMBLY BREAKING FROM THEWHEEL.

REPLACE THE CLAMPS AND STUDS ON THE CAST SPOKE WHEELS.

STEERING:POWER ASSIST

MALFUNCTIONS OF THE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVES IN THE POWERSTEERING ASSEMBLY CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING,AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

AN ADDITIONAL HYDRAULIC FLUID FILTER WILL BE ADDED BETWEEN THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AND THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE BLOCK TO COLLECT IMPURITIES.

STRUCTURE:BODY:WHEEL WELL

THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND RESULT INAIR LEAKAGE OR POSSIBLE BLOWOUT, WHICH CAN CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND APOSSIBLE ACCIDENT.

SPACER PLATES WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE HUB AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, AND THE AXLE WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE LOWER SHACKLE BOLT HOLES. THESE MODIFICATIONS WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FOR THE TIRE IN THE WHEEL WELL.

NOVEMBER 23, 1992 Release # 93-020 PRODUCT: "Patty and Her Puppy," dolls model n

Choking

EQUIPMENT:OTHER PIECES:REFRIGERATORS

THIS RESISTANCE, WHEN SUBJECTED TO 115 AC CURRENT,GENERATES ENOUGH HEAT TO CREATE A FIRE, RESULTING IN A HAZARDOUS CONDITION TOPERSONS IN OR NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE VEHICLE.

REPLACE THE ENTIRE PANEL, LIGHTS AND WIRING WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED EYEBROW CONTROL PANEL, WHICH REMOVES THE AC CURRENT.

WHEELS

OVERHEATED BRAKES RESULT IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES,AND DETERIORATED OIL SEALS CAN RESULT IN SEIZED BEARINGS AND WHEEL FAILURES.INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE OR SEIZED BEARING AND WHEEL FAILURE CAN RESULT IN ANACCIDENT.

INSTALL MISSING INNER WHEEL BEARING CONES.

LIGHTING:LIGHT AND COMMUNICATIONS:REFLECTIVE DEVIC

THE TRAILERS DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 108, "LAMPS,REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT". THE TRAILERS WOULD NOT BECONSPICUOUSLY VISIBLE IN REDUCED DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A REAREND COLLISION.

INSTALL CORRECT TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLIES.

FUEL:FUEL SYSTEMS

FUEL LEAKS CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE FIRE IF EXPOSED TO ASOURCE OF IGNITION.

REPLACE THE FUEL TANK.

STEERING:POWER ASSIST:HOSE:FLUID

THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS FLAMMABLE AND COULD CAUSEAN UNDERHOOD FIRE IF EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

REPLACE THE POWER STEERING GEAR INLET HOSE WITH AN IMPROVED DESIGN.

November 16, 1992 Release # 93-019 PRODUCT: Gerber Products Company "Gem Collect

Choking