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Startrans Senator HD Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 11 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Startrans Senator HD (2006–2014).

11
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls

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Model yearRecallsComplaints
2014 Startrans Senator HD20
2013 Startrans Senator HD20
2012 Startrans Senator HD30
2011 Startrans Senator HD30
2010 Startrans Senator HD60
2009 Startrans Senator HD100
2008 Startrans Senator HD90
2007 Startrans Senator HD70
2006 Startrans Senator HD50

All Startrans Senator HD recalls (11)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Startrans Senator HD, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 16V369000 Reported 759 vehicles potentially affected Supreme Corporation

    Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 Startrans Activity Bus, Azure Hybrid, Candidate, Senator, Senator HD, Senator II, President, President S2, Sentinel Van, and Trolley shuttle buses manufactured May 9, 2008, to August 9, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510…

    Remedy: Supreme will notify owners and advise them to contact Ricon, and Ricon dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be…

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

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 16V014000 Reported 1,762 vehicles potentially affected Supreme Corporation

    Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 Azure Hybrid, Candidate, Senator, Senator HD, Senator II, President, President S2, Sentinel, and Trolley shuttle buses manufactured May 9, 2008, to August 9, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured…

    Remedy: Supreme will notify owners, and dealers 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…

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

  3. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 14V662000 Reported 1,705 vehicles potentially affected Supreme Corporation

    Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 Senator, Senator II, Candidate, Candidate II, Senator HD, and Sentinel transit buses manufactured January 2, 2006, to April 30, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation after…

    Remedy: Supreme 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. The…

    Model years: 2008, 2009, 2010

  4. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 13V067000 Reported 1,858 vehicles potentially affected SUPREME CORPORATION

    Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Startrans Trolley, Sentinel, Senator HD, Senator, Candidate, C2, S2, PS2, and President transit buses equipped with Ricon manufactured wheelchair lifts which have an optional armored pendant cable. The cable may have been installed such that it doesn't clear the…

    Remedy: Ricon will be conducting this recall on behalf of Supreme. Ricon will notify the affected owners and will provide a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. The recall began on March 8, 2013. Owners may…

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

  5. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 12V186000 Reported 2,060 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 transit buses equipped with braun century-2 and vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the outer barrier may become bent or misaligned. See the above list for the affected models.

    Remedy: Startrans will notify owners, and the repairs will be performed by authorized braun dealers, free of charge. The safety recall began on june 7, 2012. Owners may contact startrans at 1-800-642-4889.

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  6. Air conditioner (equipment)

    NHTSA 11V227000 Reported 2,130 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2010 transit buses equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units. Due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.

    Remedy: Startrans will notify owners and provide information on how to obtain the retrofit kit from carrier along with repair instructions. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall began on april 18,…

    Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  7. Equipment

    NHTSA 10V562000 Reported 2,393 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans is recalling certain model year 2006 and 2007 candidate, candidate ii, senator hd, trolley, president, senator, and senator ii transit buses equipped with trans/air ta73 evaporators. The evaporator utilizes a power resistor to regulate blower speed. Should a short occur in the "low or medium speed" circuit while the blower is…

    Remedy: Trans/air, in cooperation with startrans, will install a thermal shutdown device in series with the speed resistors. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall began on january 11, 2011. Owners…

    Model years: 2006, 2007

  8. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 10V204000 Reported 805 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans bus is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2010 candidate, candidate ii, senator, senator hd, president, trolley, senator ii, and sentinal transit buses manufactured from december 2007 through december 18, 2009 and fitted with ricon public use lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from…

    Remedy: Startrans bus is working with ricon and ricon will be performing the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09e-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid.…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009

  9. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 10V203000 Reported 183 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans bus is recalling certain model year 2009 candidate, candidate ii, senator, senator hd, president, trolley, and senator ii transit buses manufactured from september 2007 through december 18, 2009, and fitted with certain ricon s series and k series l-model wheelchair lifts. Due to a problem in the software that controls the…

    Remedy: Startrans bus will notify owners and the repairs will be performed by authorized ricon dealers free of charge. A software solution for this safety defect is under investigation. Until the software solution is…

    Model years: 2009

  10. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 09V409000 Reported 257 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans is recalling certain model year 2001 through 2009 transit buses manufactured between october 15, 2001 and september 24, 2009, equipped with luminator horizon LED side destination signs. The connector board can corrode due to an accumulation of moisture under the connector.

    Remedy: Startrans will notify owners and the buses will be repaired by either startrans or luminator free of charge. Please see luminator's defect report 09e-054. The safety recall is expected to begin during november 2009.…

    Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

  11. Air conditioner (equipment)

    NHTSA 09V410000 Reported 182 vehicles potentially affected STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION

    Startrans is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2009 transit buses manufactured between august 9, 2006 and june 25, 2009, equipped with trans/air air conditioning systems. Each trans/air system comes with an electrical kit and ec pc board which if improperly installed could overheat.

    Remedy: Startrans will notify owners and the buses will be repaired by either startrans or trans/air free of charge. Please see trans/air's defect report 09e-042. The safety recall began on november 4, 2009. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Other Startrans 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.