Collins Structure: Door

Collins is recalling about 610 vehicles over a problem with the structure. The rear emergency door fails to meet the requirements offmvss 217.

Campaign
91V199000
Manufacturer
COLLINS BUS CORPORATION
Reported
15 November 1991
Vehicles
610
Built between
Sep 1990 – Aug 1991
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
13 December 1991
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 1990 and August 1991. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1990-1991 Collins Super BantamBuilt September 1990 to August 1991

What the defect is

Under certain conditions the force necessary to open the rear emergency door exceeds 40 pounds.

What could happen

The rear emergency door fails to meet the requirements offmvss 217.

What gets fixed

REPAIR EMERGENCY DOOR TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FMVSS 217.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 1990 to August 1991
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 November 1991
  3. Owners notified13 December 1991

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 15 November 1991.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
COLLINS BUS CORPORATION
Safety standard
FMVSS 217
Recall initiated by
OVSC

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

System: rear emergency exit; FMVSS 217.VEHICLE description: school bus.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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