Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Carpenter School BUS

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
4
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

4 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:CABLES
    4
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
96E007000·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1996-03-12

PASSENGER'S CLOTHING CAN UNKNOWINGLY BECOME CAUGHT IN THE HANDRAILS AT BUS DOORS WHEN EXITING THE BUS.

RiskWHEN A PASSENGER'S CLOTHING BECOMES CAUGHT IN THE HANDRAIL AND THE BUS DRIVER CLOSES THE DOOR AND PUTS THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUBJECT TO BEING DRAGGED BY THE BUS. THIS CAN RESULT INSERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

FixINSERT A BLOCK BETWEEN THE LOWER HANDRAIL MOUNT AND THE BUS SIDEWALL TO STOP CLOTHING FROM BEING CAUGHT.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
EA98020·SEATS1998-08-31 → 1998-12-03

INADEQUATE WELDING QUALITY CONTROL SEATS

Led to recall98V238000

PE98036·STRUCTURE1998-06-08 → 1998-12-16

CRACKING OF ROOF SUPPORT STRUCTURE

PE98027·SEATS1998-04-27 → 1998-08-31

INADEQUATE WELDING PASSENGER SEAT

PE98019·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1998-03-31 → 1998-09-21

UNDERHOOD FUEL LEAKAGE AND FIRES

PE97030·VISIBILITY1997-06-18 → 1997-09-30

MISSING SIDE-WINDOW STOPS

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