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Champion M1235 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Champion M1235 (2007–2014).

7
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2008
year with most recalls

Pick your Champion M1235 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2014 Champion M123510
2013 Champion M123510
2012 Champion M123530
2011 Champion M123520
2008 Champion M123530
2007 Champion M123520

All Champion M1235 recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Champion M1235, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 14V821000 Reported 773 vehicles potentially affected Champion Bus, Inc.

    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…

    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…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

  2. Turn signal (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 12V040000 Reported 30 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion bus (champion) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 abc-m1235 transit buses manufactured from march 9, 2011, to november 18, 2011, built on a freightliner custom chassis. The grid heater ground wire may contact the relay power terminal and rub and chafe, potentially resulting in a short circuit.

    Remedy: Freightliner will notify the owners, and inspect the buses and correctly route the ground wire as necessary the repairs will be performed by freightliner authorized facilities free of charge. The safety recall began on…

    Model years: 2011, 2012

  3. Turn signal (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 12V039000 Reported 20 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion bus (champion) is recalling certain model year 2012 abc-m1235 trucks manufactured from june 21, 2011, through november 18, 2011, equipped with a freightliner custom chassis. Inacurate fault detection values in the bulkhead moudle software may cause the side marker/directional lights to stop functioning after a few minutes of…

    Remedy: Freightliner will notify the owners and perform repairs at its authorized facilities, free of charge. The safety recall began on february 2, 2012. Owners may contact champion at 1-810-724-6474.

    Model years: 2012

  4. Engine and engine cooling

    NHTSA 11V518000 Reported 3 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion bus (champion) is recalling certain model year 2011 cts and m1235 trucks manufactured from march 9, 2011, through june 29, 2011, equipped with a cummins isx or isl diesel engine. The v-band clamp assembly, part numbers q187684, q187685, and q187686, used to connect the inlet and outlet cone sections to the diesel oxidation…

    Remedy: Champion is working with cummins to identify and notify owners of the recall campaign. Repairs will be performed by authorized cummins dealers free of charge. The safety recall began october 10, 2011. Owners may…

    Model years: 2011

  5. Tie rod assembly (steering)

    NHTSA 08V102000 Reported 45 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion is recalling 14 my 2007-2008 m1235 and re cts buses built on freightliner chassis. The fasteners that attach the steering arm or tie rod arms to the spindle may be over or under-tightened.

    Remedy: Champion bus is working with freightliner to repair these vehicles free of charge (please see 07v306). The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2007, 2008

  6. 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

  7. Check valve (service brakes)

    NHTSA 08V061000 Reported 74 vehicles potentially affected CHAMPION BUS, INC.

    Champion is recalling 20 my 2007-2008 m1235 buses built on freightliner chassis and equipped with bendix sr-7 spring brake modulating valves. The internal rubber check valve may leak causing a delay in the application of the spring brakes to park the vehicle after the operator pulls the dash valve button.

    Remedy: Champion bus is working with freightliner and bendix to repair these vehicles (please see 07v302 and 07e037). Bendix will install a check valve repair kit for the affected sr-7 spring brake modulating valve free of…

    Model years: 2007, 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.