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Champion Corporal Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Champion Corporal (2003–2015).

6
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2006
year with most recalls

Pick your Champion Corporal model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2015 Champion Corporal10
2014 Champion Corporal20
2013 Champion Corporal20
2012 Champion Corporal20
2011 Champion Corporal20
2010 Champion Corporal20
2009 Champion Corporal20
2008 Champion Corporal20
2007 Champion Corporal20
2006 Champion Corporal40
2005 Champion Corporal20
2004 Champion Corporal10
2003 Champion Corporal10

All Champion Corporal recalls (6)

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

  1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 15V757000 Reported 1,338 vehicles potentially affected Champion Bus, Inc.

    Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Challenger, Defender, Crusader, American, American Coach, American Crusader, Corporal, CTS-FE, CTS-RE, HC American, Platinum Shuttle, and Stacked Rail transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2015, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005,…

    Remedy: Champion will notify owners, and Ricon will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on…

    Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 14V742000 Reported 1,229 vehicles potentially affected Champion Bus, Inc.

    Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion Bus) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 American Coach, American Crusader, Challenger, Corporal, Crusader, CTS-FE, CTS-RE, Defender, HCAC, HC American, Platinum Shuttle, and Stacked Rail transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to July 31, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005,…

    Remedy: Champion Bus will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge.…

    Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

  3. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V490000 Reported 503 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion bus is recalling 503 my 2005-2007 challenger, crusader, defender, my 2005-2006 corporal, my 2006 cts-re, and my 2007 cts-fe and ic defender transit buses equipped with a ricon platform style wheelchair lift. This lift fails to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems…

    Remedy: Champion bus is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lift free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or champion bus at 1-800-331-5761.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  4. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 07V061000 Reported 83 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Certain buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, 'platform lift systems for motor vehicles.' the inner barrier interlock switch system in the lift baseplate may not detect the presence of a passenger (either wheelchair or standee) on…

    Remedy: Champion bus is working with ricon to repair these wheelchair lifts (please see 06e101). Owners can contact ricon at 1-800-322-2884 or champion bus at 1-800-331-5761.

    Model years: 2006

  5. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 06V127000 Reported 7 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    On certain transit buses equipped with ricon s and k series platform style wheelchair lifts, the vertical support arms for the lifts were improperly welded allowing the lift to stow improperly.

    Remedy: Champion is working with ricon to remedy these buses. The two lift arms will be replaced free of charge. Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or champion at 1-810-724-6474.

    Model years: 2005

  6. Underbody shields (structure)

    NHTSA 04V519000 Reported 1,552 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    On certain transit buses, a light gauge steel was used for the floor frame crossmember located in the floor sub-frame.

    Remedy: Owners will inspect for cracks and if cracks are present owners are to contact champion for repair instructions. The recall began november 16, 2004. Owners should contact champion at 1-800-788-1976.

    Model years: 2003, 2004

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.