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1989 Van Hool 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 Jul 31, 2001
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 Jul 31, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1989 Van Hool 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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Engine
Filed Jul 31, 2001
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOLL BOTH, THE ENGINE STALLED,CONSUMER THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND AS HE WAS ABOUT TO GAIN SPEED IT STALLED AGAIN, HE THEN PULLED OVER, GOT OUT AND WENT TO THE BACK OF THE BUS AND SAW THAT ANIT-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS, AND THEN SMOKE BEGAN TO APPEAR AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH PUTTING OUT FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT#10-91-313)*JB

NHTSA ID
562260
Incident
Jun 13, 2001

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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