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Collins Bantam

Every Collins Bantam model year on file, 1986 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years221986 to 2011
Recall campaigns23Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

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

00.511.52198619881990199219971999220022004200620082011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Collins Bantam complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
1
Suspension
1
Visibility and wipers
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Collins Bantam 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.

Collins Bantam by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Not decoded0NoneNone100
2010Not decoded0NoneNone200
2009Not decoded0NoneNone400
2008Not decoded0NoneNone500
2007Not decoded0NoneNone400
2006Not decoded0NoneNone300
2005Not decoded0NoneNone800
2004Not decoded0NoneNone600
2003Not decoded0NoneNone500
2002Not decoded0NoneNone500
2000Not decoded0NoneNone100
1999SUV20.010300
1998Sedan10.04000
1997Not decoded0NoneNone100
1993Not decoded0NoneNone200
1992Not decoded0NoneNone100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone210
1990Not decoded0NoneNone200
1989Not decoded0NoneNone100
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
1987Not decoded0NoneNone100
1986Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Collins Bantam

  • 13V-469 Sep 25, 2013
    Voltage spikes may damage electrical components and electrical circuits, causing the circuit board to develop high resistance
    Electrical system · 251 vehicles
  • 11V-502 Oct 14, 2011
    Due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing
    Equipment · 11 vehicles
  • 11V-293 May 23, 2011
    Collins is recalling certain model year 2002-2011 bantam, grand bantam, and super bantam school buses manufactured from october 2002 through may…
    Seats · 702 vehicles
  • 10V-362 Aug 2, 2010
    39 inch three passenger seats fail to meet the minimum performance requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus…
    Seats · 516 vehicles
  • 10V-049 Feb 18, 2010
    Brake-turn separator module which is used to control the brake lights and turn signals lights in the rear may not always distinguish correctly…
    Lighting · 112 vehicles
  • 09V-083 Mar 6, 2009
    Bolts used to mount the body to the chassis frame rail may have been improperly installed which could lead to failure of the bolts
    Structure · 2,741 vehicles
  • 09V-068 Feb 23, 2009
    These buses may have been produced with the absence of two body mount bolts and associated hardware in 2 of the body/chassis mounting locations…
    Structure · 559 vehicles
  • 08V-498 Sep 26, 2008
    Collins is recalling 8 my 2007 bantam, super bantam, or grand bantam school buses equipped with module lock601-gd wheelchair lift interlock module…
    Adaptive equipment · 8 vehicles
  • 08V-018 Jan 14, 2008
    Certain my 2005 and 2006 collins bantam, grand bantam, super bantam, and omni school buses manufactured between november 2005 and june 2006, for…
    Seat belts · 296 vehicles
  • 06V-193 Jun 1, 2006
    Certain 2005 bantam, super bantam, and grand bantam school buses manufactured between june 10 and september 28, 2005, equipped with ricon model…
    Adaptive equipment · 23 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.