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Carpenter School BUS

Every Carpenter School BUS model year on file, 1977 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years340 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years181977 to 1998

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins0Summed across model years

By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 12, 35% of the model's total

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

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 School BUS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure

Speed control

Seats

Suspension

Visibility and wipers

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Powertrain

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Carpenter School BUS 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 School BUS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1997	Bus	12	0.0	800	0	3
1996	Other	4	0.0	200	1	5
1995	Bus	2	0.0	100	0	2
1994	Not decoded	4	0.0	200	0	1
1993	Not decoded	6	0.0	600	0	2
1992	Not decoded	5	0.0	500	0	1
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1989	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	1
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1
1987	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1
1986	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1981	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1977	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Carpenter School BUS

96E-007 Mar 12, 1996
Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
Other or unknown · 4,361 vehicles
88V-169 Oct 20, 1988
Door
Structure · 745 vehicles
87V-114 Jul 23, 1987
Bus bodies may not meet the 60 percent joint efficiency requirements of fmvss 221 due to insufficient bonding of the adhesive in the joint
Structure · 874 vehicles
83V-038 Apr 6, 1983
During a collision, certain interior panels could separate because they have been inadequately fastened
Structure · 186 vehicles
83V-004 Jan 21, 1983
During manufacture, inconsistencies may have occurred in the welds joining floor sections
Structure · 19 vehicles
80V-008 Feb 11, 1980
Certain interior body panel joints fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221,…
Structure · 693 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.