Recall Register

2016 Champion Challenger: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2016 Champion Challenger. The newest campaign is 18V573000. NHTSA received the report on 30 Aug 2018. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment Adaptive/Mobility. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 18V573000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the injection molded cam with an aluminum machined cam, free of charge. The recall began November 1, 2018. Owners may contact Champion customer service 1-810-724-1753 extension 415 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884 or by emailing Ricon at Admin18E044@wabtec.com.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 224 units in total.

  1. 18V573000Received . 219 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Champion Bus (Champion) is recalling certain 2012-2018 Champion American Coach, American Crusader, American S2, Challenger, Crusader, Defender, and Impulse vehicles, equipped with certain S-Series and K-Series Titanium Wheelchair Lifts, models K200, K201, K550, K551, S200, S2201, S550 and S551. The wheelchair lift positioning input cam may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel higher than the vehicle's floor height.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the wheelchair lift platform stops above the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user can tip inwards toward the vehicle when exiting the lift, increasing their risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the injection molded cam with an aluminum machined cam, free of charge. The recall began November 1, 2018. Owners may contact Champion customer service 1-810-724-1753 extension 415 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884 or by emailing Ricon at Admin18E044@wabtec.com.

    Report filed by Champion Bus, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 16V295000Received . 5 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion) is recalling certain model year 2016 Champion Bus Challenger shuttle buses manufactured January 29, 2016, to April 4, 2016. These vehicles are equipped with seats that may separate from the base frame due to bolt failure. As such, these seats fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety System (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event of a crash, the seat can separate from the base frame, increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Champion will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seats, free of charge. The recall began on May 27, 2016. Owners may contact Champion customer service at 810-724-1753 extension 415.

    Report filed by Champion Bus, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19971
  2. 19981
  3. 19992
  4. 20003
  5. 20013
  6. 20023
  7. 20032
  8. 20043
  9. 20058
  10. 20069
  11. 20079
  12. 200810
  13. 200911
  14. 20108
  15. 20114
  16. 20125
  17. 20137
  18. 20146
  19. 20154
  20. 20162
  21. 20172
  22. 20182
  23. 20191
  24. 20231
  25. 20241

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2016 Champion Challenger: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/champion/challenger/2016/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Champion Bus, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2016 Champion Challenger?
224 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Champion Challenger have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 34 recall campaigns for the Champion Challenger, model years 1997 to 2024. 2 of them name the 2016 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Champion Challenger open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.