Body, doors & structure

Mid Bus Guide Body problems by year

1 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Mid Bus Guide's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.

Body complaints by model year

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 12003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year	Body complaints	Recalls
2007	0	1
2006	0	1
2005	0	1
2004	0	1
2003	1	5
2002	0	4
2001	0	3
2000	0	2
1999	0	2
1998	0	1
1997	0	1

Body recalls

Structure: body

07V211000May 17, 20071,403 vehicles affected

Certain mid bus guide and guide xl school buses manufactured between november 3, 2003, and march 30, 2007. The 39" and 45" left hand barriers fail to conform to the energy absorption requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, School bus...

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Structure: body

03V403000Oct 16, 20031,188 vehicles affected

My 2002 and 2003 guide school buses manufactured from may 1, 2002, to september 30, 2003. Various seams in the school bus bodies were improperly assembled. Vertical seams in the interior were not bonded as required under federal motor vehicle safety...

Covers2002 Mid Bus Guide 2003 Mid Bus Guide

Structure: body

03V335000Sep 8, 2003207 vehicles affected

On certain school buses equipped with q-straint pocket tie downs fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "School bus passenger seating and crash protection." If enough force is applied, one or all of the...

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Structure

03V334000Sep 4, 2003170 vehicles affected

Guide school buses, models years 1997 through 2003 manufactured from january 1, 1997, to july 21, 2003. The stop arm does not deploy when the red warning lights are turned on as required under federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 131, "School bus...

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Structure: hinge and attachments

03V242000Jul 2, 20032,750 vehicles affected

Certain school buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217 "Bus emergency exits and window retention and release." The rear door latch has insufficient lubrication, requiring more force to open the door than...

Covers2001 Mid Bus Guide 2002 Mid Bus Guide 2003 Mid Bus Guide

Latest Guide body complaints

2003 Mid Bus Guide Body, doors & structure

We received 9 recall letters on january 14, 2004 that would affect 9 of our 2003 mid-buses. It stated that there were several joint strength seams in mid bus production of school buses that may not meet the minimum joint strength needed in a school bus. What that means that, if the bus were to be in an accident and roll over, the seams may not hold and the bus would come apart. We immediately contacted our dealer to have the buses repaired and were told that they couldn't do anything until march, 2004. I called...

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them again in march and was told that the parts would not be there until may and that we may have to drive them to phoenix to have them repaired. We purchased the buses through i-10 int'l, 2802 n. Flowing wells rd., Tucson, az, 85705. The letter also stated that the projected time for the service and repairs would be 4 hours. I-10 repaired 4 of our buses in july, 2004, 7 months after the recall, but now refuse to touch the other 5 because it was actually taking them 11 hours to repair them, or 7 hours that they wouldn't be paid for. We are caught in the middle. We just want to have our buses repaired like they should be. Can you help us?*Ak

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data