Recalls › 80V008000

NHTSA recall 80V008000

Structure › Body

Carpenter School Bus

Reported Feb 11, 1980693 vehicles affectedCARPENTER BDY WRKS, INC.Built Jul 1, 1977 – Sep 1, 1977

The defect

Certain interior body panel joints fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength".

The remedy

Dealer will inspect the body panel joints and locally reinforce them with mechanical fasteners.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

Ask AI about this recallChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Vehicles in this recall

Carpenter School Bus
1977

Notes

Vehicle description: school buses.system: structure; interior body panel joints.consequences of defect: in the event of an accident, the school bus couldexperience a structural collapse and the chances of passenger injury would beincreased.