Collins Bus Corporation: Structure › Body
Collins Bus Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 3, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 281. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain model year 2014 Collins and Mid Bus school buses, models SL400, SL408, DH400, DH416, DE416WR, DH500, DH516 and DE516WR, manufactured from July 21, 2014, to August 19, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an inadequate amount of adhesive on some interior side panel joints. In the case of a collision to the side of the vehicle, the edge interior panel may become exposed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
The risk
If the edge interior panel becomes exposed, there is an increased risk of injury to the passengers.
The remedy
Collins will notify owners, and dealers will install additional structural fasteners on the applicable body panel joints, free of charge. The recall began on October 8, 2014 . Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850.
16 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Collins DE416WR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins DE516WR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins DH400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins DH416 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins DH500 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins DH516 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins SL400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Collins SL408 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid Bus DE416WR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid Bus DE516WR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid Bus SL408 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid-Bus DH400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid-Bus DH416 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid-Bus DH500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid-Bus DH516 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mid-Bus SL400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V523000.
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