Vehicle recall 00V216000 · August 7, 2000
1997-1998 Spartan SB2142
Vehicle description: front engine carpenter school buses with front air suspensions.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: front engine carpenter school buses with front air suspensions. Due to frame flexing, both the track bar mount, mounting bolts, and the steering box mounting bolts could loosen which could allow subsequent fracture or torque loss of these bolts. The spring beam could also fracture.
- Consequence
- This could affect the directional control of the vehicle.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install three structural, welded cross-members to tie together the right and left frame rails, all located forward of the front axle. Stiffening gussets have been added to existing frame cross-members and the to steering gear box mounting bracket.
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during August 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact spartan at 1-517-543-6400.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V216000
- Reported to NHTSA
- August 7, 2000
- Filed by
- SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.
- Manufacturer campaign
- SPEC 00003
- Owner notification
- August 28, 2000
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 100
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Suspension › Front › Springs › Air suspension system
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Spartan SB2142 (1997-1998): 1998, 1997
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