Recall · 24V370000
Forest River Bus recalled 3 models over structure
854
Vehicles covered
3
Models
23
Model years
May 28, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
- The defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River) is recalling certain 2010-2020 Starcraft Prodigy, Quest, and 2013 Rondak school buses. The exterior front roof panel was manufactured with inadequate joint strength. 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
- A school bus roof panel with inadequate joint strength may separate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will secure the exterior front roof section, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 31, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River's number for this recall is 05-1782.
- 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.safercar.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forest River BusStarcraft Rondak | 2013 | Not published here |
| Starcraft BusProdigy | 2010 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Starcraft BusQuest | 2010 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 854 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2010 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 14 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Starcraft Bus vehicles have been recalled over the structure 3 times before this, most recently in April 2023 as 23V254000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 24V429000 (structure), 23V254000 (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 May 28, 2024 as campaign 24V370000. 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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