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1994 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 Oct 6, 2000
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Feb 9, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 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 1–4 of 4

Body & structure
Filed Oct 6, 2000

DEALER KEEPS GIVING CONSUMER THE RUN AROUND ON REPAIRING SCHOOL BUS DOOR FRAME. *AK

NHTSA ID
872481
Incident
Apr 6, 2000
Visibility
Filed Apr 3, 1996

WINDOWS BECOME MISALIGNED, CAUSING THEM TO JAM IN THE CLOSED POSITION. *DH

NHTSA ID
506799
Body & structureEngineVisibility
Filed Jan 23, 1996

WATER PUMP FAILED. (SUPERINTENDENT FOR SCHOOL). TT

NHTSA ID
500961
Incident
Jan 23, 1996
Visibility
Filed Feb 9, 1995

PASSENGER WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE DUE TO BAD SEAL DESIGN ON WINDOW FRAMES, ALSO LATCH RIVITS ON EMERGENCY WINDOWS LOOSE, PREVENTING WINDOWS FROM LATCHING. *SKD

NHTSA ID
481100
Incident
Feb 9, 1995

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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