The defect
Transportation Collaborative Inc. (TCI) is recalling certain model year TransTech 2008-2009 DW6159RLSST and 2010 SC159DSFP600 school buses equipped with C.E. White-brand flip-seat systems installed in front of other passenger seats.
The risk
When a Flip Seat is installed in front of another passenger seat, it is possible for the occupant of the rearward passenger seat to insert their toes and/or foot into the lower frame area of the Flip Seat. When a vehicle passenger occupies the Flip Seat, pushing the seat bottom downward to the horizontal position to sit in the seat, the occupant of the rearward seat could suffer a pinch point injury to their toes and/or foot.
The remedy
TCI will notify owners and C.E. White Corporation will work with the owners to provide a remedy free of charge. The recall began on August 16, 2013. Owners may contact TCI at 1-845-988-2333.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| TCI DW6159RLSST | 2008, 2009 |
| TCI SC159DSFP600 | 2010 |
Components: SEATS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCI DW6159RLSST | 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| TCI DW6159RLSST | 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| TCI SC159DSFP600 | 2010 | 0 | 1 |
Other seats recalls in 2013
19 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the seats; Transportation Collaborative, Inc. filed 13 campaigns in all.
| 13V536000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V539000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V537000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V488000 17 Oct 2013 | General Motors LLC |
| 13V504000 17 Oct 2013 | A-Z Bus Sales, Inc. |
| 13V502000 17 Oct 2013 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 13V440000 18 Sept 2013 | Lion Bus Inc. |
| 13V397000 3 Sept 2013 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013