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Mid Bus DH500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Mid Bus DH500 (2012–2014).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2012
year with most recalls

Pick your Mid Bus DH500 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2014 Mid Bus DH50010
2012 Mid Bus DH50010

All Mid Bus DH500 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Mid Bus DH500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Body (structure)

    NHTSA 14V523000 Reported 281 vehicles potentially affected Collins Bus Corporation

    Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain model year 2014 Collins and Mid Bus school buses, models SL400, SL408, DH400, DH416, DE416WR, DH500, DH516 and DE516WR, manufactured from July 21, 2014, to August 19, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an inadequate amount of adhesive on some interior side…

    Remedy: Collins will notify owners, and dealers will install additional structural fasteners on the applicable body panel joints, free of charge. The recall began on October 8, 2014 . Owners may contact Collins customer…

    Model years: 2014

  2. Fuel system, other and 2 other components

    NHTSA 12V345000 Reported 598 vehicles potentially affected COLLINS BUS CORPORATION

    Collins is recalling certain model year 2012 Collins, Corbeil, and Mid-Bus school bus and multi-function school activity buses, models SL400, SH400, DH400, DH416 with 139" wheel base and two-passenger seat set at 24, 25, 26, 27, or 28" hip to knee spacing and three-passenger seat set at 24, 25, or 26" hip to knee spacing and model year…

    Remedy: Collins will notify owners, and dealers will repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on August 13, 2012. Owners may contact Collins at 1-800-533-1850.

    Model years: 2012

Other Mid Bus 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.