# Service bulletin 6506\-000\-000

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10076276
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-07\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 6506\-000\-000
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-05\-03
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

THE STRYKER POWER\-PRO ARE POWERED AMBULANCE COTS THAT CONSISTS OF A PLATFORM MOUNTED ON A WHEELED X\-FRAME DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND TRANSPORT A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 700LB \(318 KG\) IN PRE\-HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS. THE DEVICE IS COLLAPSIBLE FOR USE IN EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND HAS AN ADJUSTABLE LOAD HEIGHT FEATURE TO ALLOW THE DEVICE TO BE SET TO DIFFERENT AMBULANCE DECKHEIGHTS FOR PROPER BODY MECHANICS DURING LOADING AND UNLOADING. THE NICKEL/CADMIMUM \(NICAD\) BATTERY\-POWERED HYDRAULIC LIFT SYSTEM ALLOWS OPERATORS TO RAISE AND LOWER THE COT USING THE POWERED CONTROLS, WHILE DUPLICATE FOOT\-END CONTROLS ON THE UPPER AND LOWERE LIFT BARS ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT OPERATOR POSITIONS OR SIZES. THE STRYKER POWER\-PRO IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT AND TRANSPORT THE ENTIRE BODY OF A TRAUMATIZED, AMBULATORY OR NON\-AMBULATORY HUMAN PATIENT \(INCLUDES INFANTS AND ADULTS\). A FEW SERVICE REPORTS ALLEGED THAT "SMOKE" WAS COMING FROM THE FOOT END OF THE COT. THIS REPORTEDLY OCCURRED WHEN EITHER THE BATTERY WAS PLACED INTO THE COT OR SHORTLY AFTER PLACING THE BATTERY INTO THE COT. IN ADDITION TO THE ALLEGED SMOKING, ONE OF THE REPORTS HAD ALSO NOTED THAT WHEN THE USER ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE COT \(PRIOR TO THE ALLEGED SMOKING\) THE DEVICE WENT INTO HIGH SPEED RETRACT AND THEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER IT BEGAN TO SMOKE. OUR INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE SUPPLIER MADE A MANUFACTURING TRANSFER FROM THEIR TIERTWO SUPPLIER WHICH AFFECTED THE QUALITY OF THE BOARDS SUPPLIED TO STRYKER.

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- STRYKER STRYKER

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