Defect: ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Spirit of Freedom and Spirit of Mobility vehicles equipped with Specialty Prolo Roof Hatches. The roof hatch external handle may unexpectedly break under reasonable use. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Reten (excerpt)
Consequence: If the roof hatch external handle breaks, in the event of an emergency, the hatch cannot be easily opened from outside the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. (excerpt)
Remedy: ARBOC will notify owners, and Specialty will replace the roof hatch handles free of charge. The recall began December 19, 2019. Owners may contact ARBOC customer service at 1-866-953-5555 or Specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867. (excerpt)
Defect: ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2015-2018 ARBOC Spirit of Freedom, Spirit of Mobility and Spirit of Independence-Pro Master transit buses, equipped with Freedman GO-ES Foldaway Seats, part numbers 43705, 45467, 48923, and 75719. When the back seat cushion is rotated from the stowed position to the upright position, the seat cushion may not remain locked into place when (excerpt)
Consequence: In the event of a crash, if the seat back moves, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury. (excerpt)
Remedy: ARBOC has notified owners, directing them to contact Freedman for repairs of the foldaway seat, free of charge. The recall began November 29, 2018. Owners may contact Freedman customer service at 1-800-443-4540 or ARBOC at 1-574-825-4880. (excerpt)
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
7 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
3
SUSPENSION
3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2
EQUIPMENT
2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1
STRUCTURE
1
10144771
Date: 2018-08-02. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STRUCTURE.
AR860-Front Pivot Mount Inspection and Repair. Complaint-Pivot mount bolts having repeated premature failure. Cause-Spring pivot bolt movement allowed by elongated mounting hole. Correction-Inspect/replace bolt. Labor allowance 2 hours per unit. Vehicles affected-Units that have completed AR831 and
10144772
Date: 2018-08-02. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SUSPENSION.
AR861-Upper Shock/Track Bar Mount Inspection and Repair. Complaint-Upper plates previously installed in AR839 are cracking and pulling away from frame. Cause-Insuffiecient/bad welds not holding under loads. Correction-Inspect/correct welds including drilling 1/8" stop holes into frame at the end of
10118554
Date: 2017-09-21. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
AR847-Loose Thermo King Power & Ground Lugs Inspection-Repair. Complaint-Power/Ground lugs looseat connection points at circuit breaker or ground bar. Cause-Lugs incorrectly crimped or loose connections at circuit breaker or ground bar. Correction-Review lugs for secure installation and lug crimp (r
10118552
Date: 2017-09-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
AR845-Replacing Underhood 100A with 120A Circuit Breaker. Complaint-100A circuit breaker tripping prematurely. Cause-Manufacturing tolerances of the breaker and the temperature derate curve associated with the breaker. Correction-Replace underhood 100A with 120A circuit breaker. Affects 2017 SOM un
Complaint: Desiccant Dryer Filters failing within months of installation which potentially leads to failure of pressure transducer and Thomas Compressor. Cause-Tanks need to be drained daily instead of previous instruction of every oil change. Correction- Add 1200651 (pull-cord drain valve), 1401863
10115845
Date: 2017-06-27. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY.
Complaint-Dedicated Micros Box Bracket cracking. Cause-Bracket 1309054 does not have enough material between slotted hole and exterior edge of part. Correction- Replace bracket 1309054 with revised bracket 1310546. Affects only Dallas DART buses.
Complaint: Desiccant Dryer Filters failing within months of installation which potentially leads to failure of pressure transducer and Thomas Compressor. Cause-Tanks need to be drained daily instead of previous instruction of every oil change. Correction- Add 1200651 (pull-cord drain valve), 1401863
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
NHTSA's complaints API and bulk file list no complaint for this make, model and model year in this data build.