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Champion 3035RE Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Champion 3035RE (2008–2013).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2008
year with most recalls

Pick your Champion 3035RE model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2013 Champion 3035RE10
2012 Champion 3035RE10
2008 Champion 3035RE10

All Champion 3035RE recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Champion 3035RE, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Cruise control (vehicle speed control) and 2 other components

    NHTSA 12V577000 Reported 49 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion Bus is recalling certain model year 2011 through 2013 CX300, CX340, CX380, and 3035RE model transit buses manufactured from January 24, 2011, through November 7, 2012, built on Freightliner brand XB and XC custom chassis. The chassis are equipped with connectors for diode jumpers that may come loose, resulting in an open…

    Remedy: Daimler Trucks (DTNA) will notify owners on behalf of Champion Bus, and Freightliner dealers will inspect the diode jumpers to make sure they are fully locked in place and will correct the vehicles as needed. The…

    Model years: 2012, 2013

  2. Shaft pitman (steering)

    NHTSA 08V068000 Reported 14 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion bus is recalling 14 my 2008 3035re buses built on freightliner chassis and equipped with zf model 8018 steering gears. These gears may have been assembled with the incorrect recirculating ball spacer. This could potentially allow the recirculation balls to escape from the recirculation ball circuit resulting in a loss of…

    Remedy: Champion bus is working with freightliner and zf to replace the steering gear (please see 07v343 and 07e049). Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712 or champion bus at 1-800-331-5761.

    Model years: 2008

Other Champion models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.