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1995 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 May 16, 2003
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 Nov 8, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 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

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Body & structure
Filed May 16, 2003

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

NHTSA ID
10018776
Incident
Apr 1, 2003
Body & structure
Filed Nov 8, 2000

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

NHTSA ID
874677
Incident
Nov 7, 2000

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.

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