NHTSA campaign 96E007000 · Equipment recall
CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC. Recall 96E-007: Unknown or Other
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 96E007000 is an equipment recall reported by CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC. on March 12, 1996, with 4,361 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Carpenter School Bus and Wayne School Bus for the 1996 model year. Owners were notified on March 11, 1996, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 96E007000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
This is an equipment recall filed by CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.
- NHTSA campaign
- 96E007000 (also written 96E-007 or 96E007)
- Filed by
- CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 4,361 units (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Unknown or Other
- Owners notified
- Recall type
- Equipment recall
- NHTSA investigation
- Recall Query RQ96-001 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 96E007000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Carpenter
Carpenter School Bus
Wayne
Wayne School Bus
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 96E007000.
Defect description
PASSENGER'S CLOTHING CAN UNKNOWINGLY BECOME CAUGHT IN THE HANDRAILS AT BUS DOORS WHEN EXITING THE BUS.
Safety consequence
WHEN A PASSENGER'S CLOTHING BECOMES CAUGHT IN THE HANDRAIL AND THE BUS DRIVER CLOSES THE DOOR AND PUTS THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUBJECT TO BEING DRAGGED BY THE BUS. THIS CAN RESULT INSERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
Manufacturer remedy
INSERT A BLOCK BETWEEN THE LOWER HANDRAIL MOUNT AND THE BUS SIDEWALL TO STOP CLOTHING FROM BEING CAUGHT.
Notes
SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; HANDRAILS AT BUS ENTRYWAYS. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: HANDRAILS ON WAYNE CORPORATION AND CARPENTER BODY WORKS SCHOOL BUSES.NOTE: CARPENTER MANUFACTURING IS CORRECTING SCHOOL BUSES OWNED BY WAYNE CORPORATION AND CARPENTER BODY WORKS BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES HAVE GONE OUTOF BUSINESS.NOTE: OWNERS WHO HAVE THESE BUSES CAN CONTACT CARPENTER MANUFACTURING TO OBTAIN HANDRAIL CORRECTIONS. PLEASE CONTACT CARPENTER AT 1-317-966-8339.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-800-424-9393.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 96E007000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.