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Carpenter Counselor

Every Carpenter Counselor model year on file, 1990 to 1998. 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 years91990 to 1998
Recall campaigns8Distinct 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.

00.250.50.7511990199119921993199419951199619971998
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 Counselor complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Carpenter Counselor 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 Counselor by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Not decoded0NoneNone100
1997Not decoded0NoneNone400
1996Not decoded0NoneNone500
1995Not decoded10.0100600
1994Not decoded0NoneNone300
1993Not decoded0NoneNone200
1992Not decoded0NoneNone200
1991Not decoded0NoneNone200
1990Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Carpenter Counselor

  • 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-262 Oct 20, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses built on a spartan chassis and equipped with hydraulic brakes
    Brakes · 35 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-097 Jun 7, 1996
    Vehicle description: school buses
    Structure · 3,382 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-156 Sep 24, 1993
    Suspension strut rod mounting bolt can interfere with the movement of the rear brake caliper
    Brakes · 40 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.