Vehicle report

1996 CARPENTER SCHOOL BUS

Defect investigations

2 actions

PE98019 · PE

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES Investigation

A DIESEL FUEL RETURN LINE IS ALLEGED TO FAIL IN THE UNDERHOOD AREA CAUSING FIRES

PE97030 · PE

VISIBILITY Investigation

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.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.