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Carpenter Classic

Every Carpenter Classic model year on file, 1990 to 1997. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years81990 to 1997
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.751199019911992199319941995119961997
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Carpenter Classic complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Carpenter Classic model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Carpenter Classic by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1997Not decoded0NoneNone300
1996Not decoded0NoneNone500
1995Not decoded10.0100700
1994Not decoded0NoneNone400
1993Not decoded0NoneNone400
1992Not decoded0NoneNone400
1991Not decoded0NoneNone410
1990Not decoded0NoneNone300
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Carpenter Classic

  • 00V-207 Aug 3, 2000
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Seats · 3,205 vehicles
  • 00V-015 Jan 22, 2000
    Vehicle description: school bus with side emergency doors
    Structure · 3,633 vehicles
  • 98V-238 Sep 28, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Seats · 3,255 vehicles
  • 97V-077 May 9, 1997
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Visibility and wipers · 4,037 vehicles
  • 96V-126-002 Aug 6, 1996
    Seat pedestals are fatigue cracking adjacent to the weld which secures the pedestal's upper plate to the upper, telescoping portion of the…
    Seats · 18 vehicles
  • 96V-097 Jun 7, 1996
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Structure · 3,382 vehicles
  • 96V-042 Mar 5, 1996
    Passengers' clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
    Structure · 21k vehicles
  • 95V-220 Nov 16, 1995
    Driver's seat belt anchorage bolt is not the specified 7/16-20unf-2a
    Seat belts · 451 vehicles
  • 93V-032-003 Apr 14, 1993
    Passengers clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
    Structure · 8,950 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.