The defect
Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain model year 2015 DE516WR, SL408, SH40, and DH500 school buses manufactured February 2, 2015, to April 1, 2015. The affected vehicles have seat bottoms whose foam core may not meet the flammability requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 302, "Flammability of Interior Materials."
The risk
If the seats are built with this seat bottom foam core, the seats may not resist catching fire in the presence of an ignition source, increasing the risk that a fire may start or spread.
The remedy
Collins will notify owners, and dealers will replace the school bus seat bottoms with foam that is compliant to the safety standard, free of charge. The recall began on June 25, 2015. Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850. Collins' number for this recall is 15E032.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Collins DE516WR | 2015 |
| Collins DH500 | 2015 |
| Collins SH40 | 2015 |
| Collins SL408 | 2015 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins DE516WR | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DH500 | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Collins SH40 | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins SL408 | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
Other seats recalls in 2015
17 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the seats; Collins Bus Corporation filed 16 campaigns in all.
| 15V862000 22 Dec 2015 | Motor Coach Industries |
| 15V843000 15 Dec 2015 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 15V833000 11 Dec 2015 | General Motors LLC |
| 15V824000 8 Dec 2015 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 15V653000 14 Oct 2015 | The RV Factory llc |
| 15V636000 9 Oct 2015 | General Motors LLC |
| 15V600000 25 Sept 2015 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 15V503000 10 Aug 2015 | Goshen Coach |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015