Buses LiAZ "Cruise" revoked due to a technical deviation from the regulations of the customs Union

14.10.2019

Rosstandart announced the recall of 114 new aircraft LiAZ-5290/-5291 "Cruise"

Likino bus plant announced a recall of 114 buses models LiAZ LiAZ and 5290-5291 series "Cruise". The message given on the website of the press service of Rosstandart. Under review fall within the 74 bus model LiAZ-5290 implemented in the period from December 2017 to the present, and 40 buses LiAZ-5291 implemented from December 2014 to August 2017.

LPG intercity bus LiAZ-5291 at the exhibition GasSuf-2016 

The test results of the bus LiAZ "Cruise" on the chassis of Scania, carried out by Rosstandart in an accredited laboratory, identified a number of inconsistencies with the documentation and construction requirements of technical regulations of the Customs Union "On safety of wheeled vehicles". Which implementation was suspended. After additional testing and confirmation of changes in technical solutions to the issue of the resumption of sales of buses LiAZ "Cruise" will be considered again, and the owners of in-service machines will be able to send them for repair.

Intercity bus LiAZ-5290 "Cruise" (with the new look of Chuck) at the exhibition BUSWORLD-2018 

Thus, in the framework of the program "corrective action" will be replaced with the seat cushions and reinforced their attachment and fixing of the bins. He Likino bus plant shall also inform owners of buses "Cruise" (models LiAZ LiAZ and 5290-5291) on the unscheduled maintenance work to resolve inconsistencies to individual requirements of technical regulations. Service and dealerships Lyase must notify the owner of each bus on the performance of the relevant work to be produced at the expense of the manufacturer. The revision will affect parts of the interior and exterior of cars. Thus a press-service of Lyase noted that the NC regulations do not affect the major assemblies and systems, responsible for driving safety, performance and directional stability. After corrective actions the owners of the "Cruises" will be able to continue their operation in the normal mode.

According to the analytical Agency LLC "info AUTOSTAT", as of January 1, 2019, the RF was 24,2 thousand buses of LiAZ (7.2% of the bus fleet of the country). In this new "three-year" machine issue 2016-2018 is 4.9 thousand, or one-fifth of the Park of the brand, while the share of "old" over the age of 10 years is 37.9%, i.e. three out of every eight buses.
In Moscow Park Lyase is 7.1 million (42.5% of the bus fleet of the capital and 2.1% of the fleet of the country, but 29.3% of the Russian Park of this brand), and the proportion of new machines in this 2.4 thousand (34% of Park stamps), while cars older than 10 years only 7.6% (0,54 thousand). In the suburbs there is a fleet of 3.0 thousand Lyase (23% of the total local Park), including new of 1.15 million (38.3% of Park of this brand), and the old – 0,79 million (26.2 percent). Park LiAZ buses in St. Petersburg is now 1.58 million (14.2% of the bus fleet of the Northern capital), the new ones of 0.28 million (35.9% of the Park brand), and 0,26 million (16.5 per cent), and in 2018, there were only 3 new bus LiAZ.
Help: project on transfer of production long-distance and tourist bus "Cruise" and "Voyage" was assistin in 2014 in connection with the conversion of the Golitsyn bus plant (GolAZ) release sclerostachya. The most important (strategic) customers buses LiAZ are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and other major cities of the Russian Federation.

PS by the Way, on the official bus website "GAZ Group" (bus.EN) while the model of "Cruise" has been removed completely... 
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