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Collins School Bus Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Collins School Bus (1997–2018).

3
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2012
year with most recalls

Pick your Collins School Bus model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2018 Collins School Bus20
2017 Collins School Bus20
2016 Collins School Bus20
2015 Collins School Bus20
2014 Collins School Bus20
2013 Collins School Bus20
2012 Collins School Bus20
2011 Collins School Bus10
1997 Collins School Bus10

All Collins School Bus recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Collins School Bus, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seats

    NHTSA 18V696000 Reported 1,705 vehicles potentially affected Collins Bus Corporation

    Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain 2011-2018 Collins SL, SH, DH, DE, and TH school buses, built on Promaster chassis, equipped with CE White/HSM SB11-30" series, standard, unbelted, school bus seats, or SB11-30" series school bus seats with lap belts only. The foam in the knee impact area of the lower seat back may…

    Remedy: Collins will notify owners, and dealers will install additional foam into the seat backs, free of charge. The recall began December 21, 2018. Owners may contact Collins customer service 1-800-533-1850, extension 424.…

    Model years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 18V584000 Reported 59 vehicles potentially affected Collins Bus Corporation

    Collins Bus Corporation (Collins Bus) is recalling certain 2012-2018 School Buses, equipped with Ricon S-Series and K-Series Titanium Wheelchair Lifts. The wheelchair lift positioning input cam may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel higher than the vehicle floor height.

    Remedy: Collins Bus will notify owners and Ricon dealers will replace the injection molded cam with an aluminum machined cam, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin October 2018. Owners may contact Collins Bus…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

  3. Leaf spring assembly (suspension)

    NHTSA 97V195000 Reported 8 vehicles potentially affected COLLINS BUS CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: 96" wide school buses built on chevrolet chassis (g van cutaway model 3500). These buses were built on 10,000 lb. Gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) chassis but should have been built on 12,000 lb. Gvwr chassis. The buses have more designated seat spaces than the gvwr is prepared to support.

    Remedy: Chevrolet dealers, in conjunction with collins bus, will replace the rear leaf springs on these buses.

    Model years: 1997

Other Collins 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.