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NHTSA Campaign 14V821000

EQUIPMENT

Issued by Champion Bus, Inc. · Reported Dec 29, 2014 · 773 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 American Crusader, Challenger, Crusader, CTS-FE, CTS-RE, Defender, EZ-Street, HC American, HCAC, LF Transport, M1235, Platinum Shuttle, Stacked Rail, and Federal Coach Premier, and Spirit transit buses manufactured January 1, 2012, to October 1, 2014, equipped with certain triangle warning signs manufactured by Imperial Supplies, LLC. Test reports indicate that the triangle warning signs, labeled C&J, may reflect an inadequate amount of light. As such, these triangle warning kits fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125, "Warning devices."

Consequence

Warning triangles that do not properly reflect light may fail to warn others that a vehicle is parked, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Champion will notify owners to inspect their triangles for production dates between April 2011, to April 2014, and the affected triangles will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on January 6, 2015. Owners may contact Champion customer service at 1-810-724-6474.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
CHAMPION AMERICAN CRUSADER 2012 773
CHAMPION AMERICAN CRUSADER 2013 773
CHAMPION AMERICAN CRUSADER 2014 773
CHAMPION CHALLENGER 2012 773
CHAMPION CHALLENGER 2013 773
CHAMPION CHALLENGER 2014 773
CHAMPION CRUSADER 2012 773
CHAMPION CRUSADER 2013 773
CHAMPION CRUSADER 2014 773
CHAMPION CTS-FE 2012 773
CHAMPION CTS-FE 2013 773
CHAMPION CTS-FE 2014 773
CHAMPION CTS-RE 2012 773
CHAMPION CTS-RE 2013 773
CHAMPION CTS-RE 2014 773
CHAMPION DEFENDER 2012 773
CHAMPION DEFENDER 2013 773
CHAMPION DEFENDER 2014 773
CHAMPION EZ-STREET 2012 773
CHAMPION EZ-STREET 2013 773
CHAMPION EZ-STREET 2014 773
CHAMPION HC AMERICAN 2012 773
CHAMPION HC AMERICAN 2013 773
CHAMPION HC AMERICAN 2014 773
CHAMPION HCAC 2012 773
CHAMPION HCAC 2013 773
CHAMPION HCAC 2014 773
CHAMPION LF TRANSPORT 2012 773
CHAMPION LF TRANSPORT 2013 773
CHAMPION LF TRANSPORT 2014 773
CHAMPION M1235 2012 773
CHAMPION M1235 2013 773
CHAMPION M1235 2014 773
CHAMPION PLATINUM SHUTTLE 2012 773
CHAMPION PLATINUM SHUTTLE 2013 773
CHAMPION PLATINUM SHUTTLE 2014 773
CHAMPION STACKED RAIL 2012 773
CHAMPION STACKED RAIL 2013 773
CHAMPION STACKED RAIL 2014 773
FEDERAL COACH PREMIER 2012 773
FEDERAL COACH PREMIER 2013 773
FEDERAL COACH PREMIER 2014 773
FEDERAL COACH SPIRIT 2012 773
FEDERAL COACH SPIRIT 2013 773
FEDERAL COACH SPIRIT 2014 773

Source: NHTSA Campaign 14V821000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.