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Champion Contender

Every Champion Contender model year on file, 1998 to 2001. 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 years41998 to 2001
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins4Summed across model years
By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119981999120002001
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Champion Contender complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Champion Contender 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.

Champion Contender by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2001Not decoded0NoneNone101
2000Not decoded0NoneNone201
1999RV10.050111
1998Not decoded0NoneNone101
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Champion Contender

  • 06V-368 Sep 27, 2006
    On certain buses equipped with vapor bus connecting rods, when the connecting rod is subjected to certain load combinations and cumulative…
    Structure · 22 vehicles
  • 02V-160-006 Oct 29, 2002
    On certain buses equipped with cp traveling retractor lap (type 1) seat belts, the plastic cover housing the reserve end of the seat belt web can…
    Seat belts · 599 vehicles
  • 99V-091 Apr 20, 1999
    Vehicle description: transit buses built on spartan chassis
    Brakes · 18 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.