Starcraft Bus: Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Starcraft Bus reported this defect to federal regulators on May 20, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 76. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Starcraft Bus (Starcraft) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Quest and Prodigy school buses manufactured June 20, 2006, through February 17, 2015 on GM chassis. The affected vehicles are equipped with Trans-Air add-on compressor mount kits, part numbers 4012506-01, 4012506-02, 4013126-01, 4013126-02, 4013235-01, 4013235-02, 4012909, 4013125, 4013222 and 717173 installed by Trans-Air personnel. After installing the compressor, a power distribution terminal strip may not have been properly reconnected.
The risk
If the power distribution terminal strip has a poor connection or a loose connection, the strip may arc or overheat, increasing the risk of a vehicle fire.
The remedy
Starcraft will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the power distribution terminal strip connection, correcting it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on August 17, 2015. Owners may contact Starcraft customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Starcraft's number for this recall is 15V-213.
20 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Starcraft Quest | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Starcraft Prodigy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Starcraft Quest | 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 15V300000.
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