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1993 Carpenter School Bus Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 1, 1998
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 1, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Carpenter School Bus. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACK ON WELD WHERE THE SUSPENSION IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME IN FRONT OF THE AIRBAG BRACKET.

NHTSA ID
605788
Incident
Jul 24, 1997
Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACKS IN OUTER SUSPENSION MOUNTING PIECES AT WELD IN FRONT OF METAL AIRBAG MOUNTING PLATE.

NHTSA ID
605787
Incident
Jun 4, 1997
Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACKS IN WELDS ON OUTSIDE SUSPENSION MOUNTING PIECES.

NHTSA ID
605785
Incident
Jun 4, 1997
Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACKS ON THE SUSPENSION MOUNTING AREA.

NHTSA ID
605784
Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACKS IN WELDS ON OUTSIDE SUSPENSION MOUNTING PIECES AT WHEEL WELL.

NHTSA ID
605783
Incident
Jun 4, 1997
Body & structure
Filed Jan 1, 1998

CRACK IN OUTRIGGER AS IT MOUNTS TO SUSPENSION AND FRAME. FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS CROSSMEMBER IS BENT.

NHTSA ID
521449
Incident
Jun 4, 1997

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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