Auto body maker Pabco Co. said Friday it illegally modified at least 10,351 trucks — four times the number it announced in December — by adding equipment that made them too heavy.
Pabco, a unit of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., said the illegal modifications date back to January 1986 and were made after the trucks had already passed vehicle inspections.
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