Recall · 23V254000
Forest River Bus recalled the STARCRAFT BUS Prodigy over structure
29
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
April 7, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:CEILING
- The defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2019-2022 Starcraft Prodigy school buses. The interior panels on the ceiling may be improperly secured. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 221, "School bus body joint strength."
- What it can cause
- Improperly secured ceiling panels may not adequately protect the passengers in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the panels and apply adhesive, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 25, 2023. Owners may contact Forest River Bus Customer Service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River Bus number for this recall is 05-1621.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Starcraft BusProdigy | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 29 vehicles this is a small campaign: 83% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Starcraft Bus vehicles have been recalled over the structure 2 times before this, most recently in July 2019 as 19V555000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V370000 (structure).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Forest River Bus, LLC with NHTSA on April 7, 2023 as campaign 23V254000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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