Recall · 24V429000
Forest River Bus recalled 8 models over structure
3,192
Vehicles covered
8
Models
43
Model years
June 12, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY
- The defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River) is recalling certain 2013-2016 Starcraft Allstar MVP, 2016 and 2019 Allstar XL, 2016-2018 Allstar XL MVP, 2009-2010 and 2012-2018 Starcraft MFSAB/Prodigy, 2014-2016 Quest XL, 2013 and 2015-2018 Starcraft MPV/Prodigy, 2009-2010 Prodigy, 2009-2022 Quest, 2011 Quest XL school buses. The restraining barrier may not provide sufficient protection in a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- An insufficient restraining barrier can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will relocate the seat barrier, as necessary free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 16, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River's number for this recall is 05-1584.
- 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 ALL Star XL | 2016 and 2019 | Not published here |
| Forest River BusStarcraft Allstar MPV | 2013 to 2016 | Not published here |
| Forest River BusStarcraft Allstar XL MVP | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Forest River BusStarcraft Mfsab/Prodigy | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 | Not published here |
| Forest River BusStarcraft MPV/Prodigy Bus | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 | Not published here |
| Starcraft BusProdigy | 2009 to 2010 | Not published here |
| Starcraft BusQuest | 2009 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Starcraft BusQuest XL | 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 3,192 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2009 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 15 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Starcraft Bus vehicles have been recalled over the structure 4 times before this, most recently in May 2024 as 24V370000. 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 June 12, 2024 as campaign 24V429000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2024-06-12.
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