The defect
Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain model year 2015 DE416, DE416WR, DE500, DE516, DE516WR, DH400, DH416, DH416WR, DH500, DH516, SH400, SL400, TH400, and TL400 school buses manufactured May 1, 2015, to December 21, 2015, equipped with certain Transpec T6000, T6100, and T7000 series school bus stop arms. The affected stop arms have a reflective decal that may peel loose from the stop arm. As such, these stop arms fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 131, "School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices."
The risk
Without a reflective decal, the stop arms would have reduced visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Collins will notify owners, and the stop arm blade assemblies will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on February 22, 2016. Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850, or Transpec customer service at 1-800-951-7867.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Collins DE416 | 2015 |
| Collins DE416WR | 2015 |
| Collins DE500 | 2015 |
| Collins DE516 | 2015 |
| Collins DE516WR | 2015 |
| Collins DH400 | 2015 |
| Collins DH416 | 2015 |
| Collins DH416WR | 2015 |
| Collins DH500 | 2015 |
| Collins DH516 | 2015 |
| Collins SH400 | 2015 |
| Collins SL400 | 2015 |
| Collins TH400 | 2015 |
| Collins TL400 | 2015 |
Components: OTHER:SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM ASSEMBLY
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 DE416 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DE416WR | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DE500 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DE516 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DE516WR | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DH400 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DH416 | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins DH416WR | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins DH500 | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Collins DH516 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins SH400 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins SL400 | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Collins TH400 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Collins TL400 | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
Other other recalls in 2016
6 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the other; Collins Bus Corporation filed 16 campaigns in all.
| 16V080000 10 Feb 2016 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 16V030000 22 Jan 2016 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 16V016000 19 Jan 2016 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 16V006000 8 Jan 2016 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 16V005000 8 Jan 2016 | Transportation Collaborative, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016