2012 Champion M1235: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2012 Champion M1235. The newest campaign is 14V821000. NHTSA received the report on 29 Dec 2014. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment. 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, 14V821000, in the NHTSA record
Champion will notify owners to inspect their triangles for production dates between April 2011, to April 2014, and the affected triangles will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on January 6, 2015. Owners may contact Champion customer service at 1-810-724-6474.
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
3 campaigns, newest first. 823 units in total.
14V821000Received . 773 units.
Equipment
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Champion Bus, Inc. (Champion) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 American Crusader, Challenger, Crusader, CTS-FE, CTS-RE, Defender, EZ-Street, HC American, HCAC, LF Transport, M1235, Platinum Shuttle, Stacked Rail, and Federal Coach Premier, and Spirit transit buses manufactured January 1, 2012, to October 1, 2014, equipped with certain triangle warning signs manufactured by Imperial Supplies, LLC. Test reports indicate that the triangle warning signs, labeled C&J, may reflect an inadequate amount of light. As such, these triangle warning kits fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125, "Warning devices."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Warning triangles that do not properly reflect light may fail to warn others that a vehicle is parked, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Champion will notify owners to inspect their triangles for production dates between April 2011, to April 2014, and the affected triangles will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on January 6, 2015. Owners may contact Champion customer service at 1-810-724-6474.
Report filed by Champion Bus, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
12V040000Received . 30 units.
Exterior Lighting / Turn Signal
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Champion bus (champion) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 abc-m1235 transit buses manufactured from march 9, 2011, to november 18, 2011, built on a freightliner custom chassis. The grid heater ground wire may contact the relay power terminal and rub and chafe, potentially resulting in a short circuit.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
An electrical fault or short circuit could cause a vehicle fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Freightliner will notify the owners, and inspect the buses and correctly route the ground wire as necessary the repairs will be performed by freightliner authorized facilities free of charge. The safety recall began on february 2, 2012. Owners may contact champion at 1-810-724-6474.
Report filed by CHAMPION BUS, INC..
12V039000Received . 20 units.
Exterior Lighting / Turn Signal
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Champion bus (champion) is recalling certain model year 2012 abc-m1235 trucks manufactured from june 21, 2011, through november 18, 2011, equipped with a freightliner custom chassis. Inacurate fault detection values in the bulkhead moudle software may cause the side marker/directional lights to stop functioning after a few minutes of vehicle operation. Lights will resume operation after the vehicle is shut down and restarted.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Failure of the side marker/directional lights to illuminate will result in decreased visibility of the vehicle and/or misinform other drivers as to the intended direction of travel, either of which could increase the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Freightliner will notify the owners and perform repairs at its authorized facilities, free of charge. The safety recall began on february 2, 2012. Owners may contact champion at 1-810-724-6474.
Report filed by CHAMPION BUS, INC..
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.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2012 Champion M1235The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2012 Champion M1235: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/champion/m1235/2012/. 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 2012 Champion M1235?
- 823 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Champion M1235 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Champion M1235, model years 2007 to 2014. 3 of them name the 2012 model year.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2012 Champion M1235 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.