2000–2003 Mid Bus Guide recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
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 pedestrian safety devices."
💥 The risk
If the stop signal arm is not extended when the bus is loading or unloading passengers, it may increase the likelihood of vehicles passing a stopped school bus and striking pedestrians in the vicinity of the bus.
🔧 The fix
Mid bus will notify its customers and provide remedy free of charge. Owner notification began september 22, 2003.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 03V334000
- Manufacturer
- MID BUS CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 170
- Component
- STRUCTURE
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 22, 2003
- Built
- Jan 1, 1997 – Jul 21, 2003
- Recall started by
- OVSC
- Notes
- Also, customers CAN contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).