2026–2027 Forest River Bus Collins School BUS & 2025–2026 Forest River Bus Trans Tech School BUS recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2026-2027 Collins School Bus and 2025-2026 Trans Tech School Bus vehicles equipped with certain QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
💥 The risk
An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 10, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River Buses number for this recall is 51-2008.
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
- 25V779000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 51-2008
- Manufacturer
- Forest River Bus, LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 165
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINTS/SECUREMENT:LATCH/ANCHOR:
- Owner phone
- 1-800-348-7440
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 10, 2025
- Built
- May 13, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025
- Recall started by
- MFR