1995 Carpenter School Bus

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Filed May 16, 2003KY

WE HAVE 115 CARPENTER BODY SCHOOL BUSES THAT HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN OUTLINED THAT COULD POSSIBILITY HAVE CRACKED OR BROKEN WELDS IN THE ROOF STRUCTURE. WE ARE REQUESTING GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO MAKE REPAIRS IF NEEDED. *NLM

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Nov 8, 2000NY

DEALER REFUSES TO FIX RECALL 00V-015 CONCERNING FRAME BODY CRACKS, THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY HAS 42 SCHOOL BUSES THAT FALL UNDER THIS RECALL, DEALER STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP MAY GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND IS NOT SCHEDULING ANY RECALL REPAIRS. *AK *SLC

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
199712000Routine
19964100Routine
1995 — this page2000Routine
19944000Routine
19936000Routine
19925000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.