The defect
Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain model year 2014 Collins and Mid Bus school buses, models SL400, SL408, DH400, DH416, DE416WR, DH500, DH516 and DE516WR, manufactured from July 21, 2014, to August 19, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an inadequate amount of adhesive on some interior side panel joints. In the case of a collision to the side of the vehicle, the edge interior panel may become exposed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
The risk
If the edge interior panel becomes exposed, there is an increased risk of injury to the passengers.
The remedy
Collins will notify owners, and dealers will install additional structural fasteners on the applicable body panel joints, free of charge. The recall began on October 8, 2014 . Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Collins DE416WR | 2014 |
| Collins DE516WR | 2014 |
| Collins DH400 | 2014 |
| Collins DH416 | 2014 |
| Collins DH500 | 2014 |
| Collins DH516 | 2014 |
| Collins SL400 | 2014 |
| Collins SL408 | 2014 |
| MID Bus DE416WR | 2014 |
| MID Bus DE516WR | 2014 |
| MID Bus DH400 | 2014 |
| MID Bus DH416 | 2014 |
| MID Bus DH500 | 2014 |
| MID Bus DH516 | 2014 |
| MID Bus SL400 | 2014 |
| MID Bus SL408 | 2014 |
Components: STRUCTURE:BODY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins DE416WR | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Collins DE516WR | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Collins DH400 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins DH416 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins DH500 | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DH516 | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins SL400 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins SL408 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DE416WR | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DE516WR | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DH400 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DH416 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DH500 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus DH516 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus SL400 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| MID Bus SL408 | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
Other structure recalls in 2014
27 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the structure; Collins Bus Corporation filed 16 campaigns in all.
| 14V822000 29 Dec 2014 | Kia Motors America |
| 14V785000 10 Dec 2014 | Tishomingo Acquisition, LLC |
| 14V777000 5 Dec 2014 | Ford Motor Company |
| 14V765000 2 Dec 2014 | Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD |
| 14V677000 28 Oct 2014 | Morgan Olson Corporation |
| 14V646000 14 Oct 2014 | Vermeer Manufacturing Company |
| 14V559000 12 Sept 2014 | Lion Bus Inc. |
| 14V489000 8 Aug 2014 | General Motors LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014