Carpenter School Bus 1996

Model School Bus made in 1996 by Carpenter got 12 consumer complains there are 5 investigations as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference to vehicle speed control. . The car had some investigations: seats, structure and vehicle speed control. There was one recall concerning unknown or other .

School bus year 1996

Recalls
Defect investigations
Consumer Complaints

Model 1996

Recalls

Campaign	Manufacturer	Manufacturing date	Type	# of units affected	Date Owner notified Mfg	Recall Initiated by	Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products	Report Recieved Date	Record Creation Date
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
96E007000	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	from 05/01/1986 to 02/01/1996	E (Equipment)	4361	03/11/1996	ODI	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	03/12/1996	03/12/1996
Defect Summary	Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus.
Consequence Summary	When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion, the individual is subject to being dragged by the bus. this can result inserious injury or death.
Corrective Summary	Insert a block between the lower handrail mount and the bus sidewall to stop clothing from being caught.
Notes	System: equipment; handrails at bus entryways. equipment description: handrails on wayne corporation and carpenter body works school buses.note: carpenter manufacturing is correcting school buses owned by wayne corporation and carpenter body works because these companies have gone outof business.note: owners who have these buses can contact carpenter manufacturing to obtain handrail corrections. please contact carpenter at 1-317-966-8339.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

Investigations

NHTSA ID	Manufacturer	Date open	Date close	Subject	Recall campaign
SEATS
EA98020	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	08/31/1998	12/03/1998	INADEQUATE WELDING QUALITY CONTROL SEATS	98V238000

PE98027	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	04/27/1998	08/31/1998	INADEQUATE WELDING PASSENGER SEAT
	Operators of affected buses have alleged two issues relative to inadequate welding quality control in the contruction of the passenger seats:1) spot weld failure between the seat back pan (sheet metal) and frame; 2) inadequate weld finishing below the seat bench resulting in children being exposed to sharp edges.
STRUCTURE
PE98036	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	06/08/1998	12/16/1998	CRACKING OF ROOF SUPPORT STRUCTURE	98V321000
	Alleged that the roof support bows are cracking where joined to the bus body side panels
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES
PE98019	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	03/31/1998	09/21/1998	UNDERHOOD FUEL LEAKAGE AND FIRES
	A diesel fuel return line is alleged to fail in the underhood area causing fires
VISIBILITY
PE97030	CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.	06/18/1997	09/30/1997	MISSING SIDE-WINDOW STOPS
	Alleged the upper portion of the side windows on the subject buses can slide down at a relatively high speed when the latches are released.

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
07/12/1999		1
	Design location of the throttle cable is causing chaffing against the houseing resulting in the throttle pedal sticking to the follor. yh
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL
07/12/1999		1
	Design location of the throttle cable is causing chaffing against the houseing resulting in the throttle pedal sticking to the follor. yh
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES
07/12/1999		1
	Design location of the throttle cable is causing chaffing against the houseing resulting in the throttle pedal sticking to the follor. yh