Visibility: glass, side/rear (Hehr International)
Vehicle equipment recall 91E-046. NHTSA received HEHR INTERNATIONAL’s report on Nov 5, 1991.
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The short answer
NHTSA received HEHR INTERNATIONAL’s report on Nov 5, 1991. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
THE WINDOW WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO BUS PASSENGERS ASA REQUIRED EXIT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.
THE WINDOWS DO NOT MEET THE RETENTION REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 217.
THE EXIT CATCH PULLED LOOSE BEFORE THE WINDOW BROKE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Visibility: glass, side/rear.
What should you do?
REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOWS WITH WINDOWS BUILT WITH TWO EMERGENCY RELEASE CATCH AND LATCH ASSEMBLIES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOWS; FMVSS 217.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOWS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1988AND 1991 AND INSTALLED ON EL DORADO BUSES MADE BY EBC, INC.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 650 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Hehr International Emergency Exit WindowsBuilt from Sep 1, 1988 to Oct 1, 1991
Who is recalling it?
- Made by HEHR INTERNATIONAL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.