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Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:  5,000 Black Cabs Recalled After 'green' Engine Blaze
5,000 Black Cabs Recalled After 'green' Engine Blaze

29th September 2008

More than 5,000 black cabs are being recalled in a major £4 million operation after investigators discovered the cause of a series of mystery blazes.

Twelve TX4 cabs burst into flames over the summer, leaving the vehicles gutted and their drivers shaken.

Six hundred cabs made by London Taxis International were ordered off the capital's roads for urgent investigations a week ago, with a further 400 grounded in other towns and cities.

All were early production TX4 models with a "56" number plate.

Today the Coventry firm said the fires erupted when a pipe used to recirculate exhaust fumes - as part of an emissions-control system - overheated. The "Exhaust Gas Recirculation" pipe then set fire to under-bonnet cladding installed to reduce engine noise.

One thousand TX4s - including the 600 in London - will now be fitted with fire-prevention equipment over the next two and a half weeks.

A further 4,000 TX4 models built at a later date will then be recalled for similar treatment over coming months in what LTI says is a "confidence-boosting" move, even though it says the taxis are not at risk.

As an extra precaution automatic fire extinguishers will be fitted under the bonnets of 5,000 TX4 vehicles.

High pressure canisters will automatically flood the engine compartment with carbon dioxide if sensors detect a fire.

The cost of the work will initially be borne by LTI although it may seek to recover costs from its suppliers or insurers.

The firm has pledged to compensate TX4-owning drivers who have suffered financially. Their claims are likely to total tens of thousands of pounds as drivers have had to hire replacement cabs.

"If there is ever any problem under the bonnet, the fire extinguishing system will deal with it," Matthew Cheyne, LTI marketing director, told the Evening Standard.

"If you had a massive fire it would suppress it. It will give the driver and passengers enough time to get out."

LTI has set up special facilities with London cab dealer Sigma to handle the refit. Up to 30 repair bays each manned by two technicians will work to ensure that around 50 cabs a day are treated. London's 600 cabs will be refitted within two and a half weeks.

Mr Cheyne said no further cabs - in addition to the initial 1,000 - would be ordered off the roads. The 1,000 affected cabs will be allowed back on the roads after the work has been completed.

A spokesman for the Public Carriage Office in London, said: "We must ensure that, with the proposed modifications, the TX4 meets our conditions of fitness and provides the highest possible safety standards which our passengers quite rightly expect.

"We know cab drivers are keen to get this sorted out as quickly as possible so they can get back out to work in their own cabs, and we will be contacting all those affected directly to advise them of what happens next in terms of their vehicles' licences."

One driver of a TX4 that had been recalled in London told the Standard: "It has been very stressful and expensive to hire a replacement vehicle ... [and] we have had to continue paying the loan on a £34,000 vehicle which we can't even use. It is like a second mortgage. We are calling on LTI to sort this out as soon as they can."


Source; Evening Standard

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23561490-details/5,000+black+cabs+recalled+after+'green'+engine+blaze/article.do
Author:  JD [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 5,000 Black Cabs Recalled After 'green' Engine Blaze
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
A further 4,000 TX4 models built at a later date will then be recalled for similar treatment over coming months in what LTI says is a "confidence-boosting" move, even though it says the taxis are not at risk.


I had a feeling this might happen, so when do were hear that LTI is embarking on a TX5 model? Pretty soon I should imagine but in the meantime this TX4 engine will no doubt have to have a major overhaul to convince everyone it is safe and fit for purpose?

Regards

JD
Author:  skippy41 [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:21 pm ]
Post subject: 
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:25 pm ]
Post subject: 
skippy41 wrote:
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO


You seem extremely concerned skip, have you ever owned a LTI vehicle?

CC
Author:  skippy41 [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:29 pm ]
Post subject: 
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO


You seem extremely concerned skip, have you ever owned a LTI vehicle?

CC


Yes a fairway until the center partition decided to give up and collapsed on top of a punter mind you he was 26 stone and decided to sit on the pull down next to the door :lol: :lol: even he could see the funny
side :roll:
And Iv had a metro cab as well
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:38 pm ]
Post subject: 
skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO


You seem extremely concerned skip, have you ever owned a LTI vehicle?

CC


Yes a fairway until the center partition decided to give up and collapsed on top of a punter mind you he was 26 stone and decided to sit on the pull down next to the door :lol: :lol: even he could see the funny
side :roll:
And Iv had a metro cab as well


pmsl :lol:

CC
Author:  grandad [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 5,000 Black Cabs Recalled After 'green' Engine Blaze
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
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As an extra precaution automatic fire extinguishers will be fitted under the bonnets of 5,000 TX4 vehicles.

High pressure canisters will automatically flood the engine compartment with carbon dioxide if sensors detect a fire.



That will help with Co2 immisions. :mrgreen:
Author:  jimbo [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:32 am ]
Post subject: 
skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO


You seem extremely concerned skip, have you ever owned a LTI vehicle?

CC


Yes a fairway until the center partition decided to give up and collapsed on top of a punter mind you he was 26 stone and decided to sit on the pull down next to the door :lol: :lol: even he could see the funny
side :roll:
And Iv had a metro cab as well




You're far too modest, Skippy.

You forget to mention that you're the test driver for the new Metrocab hybrid 100mpg supercab...
Author:  GBC [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:58 am ]
Post subject: 
:D
Author:  skippy41 [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:44 pm ]
Post subject: 
jimbo wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Cheyne, Matthew
E-mail Address(es):
MCheyne@lti.co.uk

Any one want to email him and tell him what a forty 2 carrot plonker he is and what to do with his cabs

Fire suppression kit will give you time to get yourself out and any punters, that means they dont trust the repairs and neither should the PCO


You seem extremely concerned skip, have you ever owned a LTI vehicle?

CC


Yes a fairway until the center partition decided to give up and collapsed on top of a punter mind you he was 26 stone and decided to sit on the pull down next to the door :lol: :lol: even he could see the funny
side :roll:
And Iv had a metro cab as well




You're far too modest, Skippy.

You forget to mention that you're the test driver for the new Metrocab hybrid 100mpg supercab...


The question was what one or ones have I owned :roll: Pay attention in class,
I did not mention the fact that I have already driven the new metro as I did not want to rub it in unlike some :wink:
Author:  acabbie [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:46 pm ]
Post subject: 
is that true skippy, you've driven the new hybrid metrocab ?

Have you had to sign an NDA or can you give any info on what it's like?

:D
Author:  skippy41 [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:00 pm ]
Post subject: 
acabbie wrote:
is that true skippy, you've driven the new hybrid metrocab ?

Have you had to sign an NDA or can you give any info on what it's like? :D


:-$ :-# :-# :-# O:) O:) =P~ =P~ \:D/ WOW
Author:  acabbie [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:24 pm ]
Post subject: 
Sitting on the fence eh!! :wink:
Author:  gusmac [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:34 pm ]
Post subject: 
acabbie wrote:
Sitting on the fence eh!! :wink:
and getting splinters in his ar*e :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  jimbo [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:50 am ]
Post subject: 
skippy41 wrote:
acabbie wrote:
is that true skippy, you've driven the new hybrid metrocab ?

Have you had to sign an NDA or can you give any info on what it's like? :D


:-$ :-# :-# :-# O:) O:) =P~ =P~ \:D/ WOW


Why am I thinking "Jackanory"?
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