Vehicle recall 80V008000 · February 11, 1980
1977 Carpenter School Bus
Certain interior body panel joints fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength".
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Certain interior body panel joints fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength".
- Remedy
- Dealer will inspect the body panel joints and locally reinforce them with mechanical fasteners.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: school buses.system: structure; interior body panel joints.consequences of defect: in the event of an accident, the school bus couldexperience a structural collapse and the chances of passenger injury would beincreased.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 80V008000
- Reported to NHTSA
- February 11, 1980
- Filed by
- CARPENTER BDY WRKS, INC.
- Owner notification
- February 7, 1980
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 693
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance
- Components
- Structure › Body
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Carpenter School Bus (1977): 1977
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