Champion Stacked Rail Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 10 model years of the Champion Stacked Rail (2006–2015).

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All Champion Stacked Rail recalls (4)

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

1. Seats

   NHTSA 16V010000 Reported January 13, 2016 8 vehicles potentially affected Champion Bus, Inc.

   Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion) is recalling certain model year 2009-2015 Crusader, Stacked Rail, and CTS RE vehicles manufactured April 5, 2010, to October 14, 2015, equipped with Recaro Ergo-M Commercial Bus Driver Seats. The affected seats have J-Brackets that may be missing welds which could allow the seat belt anchorage assembly to…

   Remedy: Champion will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats to determine if welds are missing. Any J-Bracket that is missing welds will be removed and replaced, free of charge. The recall began on February 25,…

   Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 15V757000 Reported November 16, 2015 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

3. Equipment

   NHTSA 14V821000 Reported December 29, 2014 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

4. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 14V742000 Reported November 19, 2014 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

Other Champion models

• Eurocoach4 complaints
• Challenger2 complaints
• Champion1 complaints
• Classic Sidecar1 complaints
• Contender1 complaints
• Cut-Away Chassis1 complaints
• Ez-Trans1 complaints
• International Low Floor1 complaints

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.