2003 Liberty Spirit: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2003 Liberty Spirit. The newest campaign is 04V050000. NHTSA received the report on 23 Jan 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats. NHTSA has 1 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, 04V050000, in the NHTSA record
Liberty bus will notify its customers repair the seats with 3 additional washers free of charge. Owner notification began april 2, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact liberty bus at 419-227-6554.
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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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
4 campaigns, newest first. 44 units in total.
- 04V050000Seats
- 04V049000Structure / Body / Door
- 04V058000Wheels / Rim
- 03V461000Visibility / Rearview Mirrors/Devices
04V050000Received . 11 units.
Seats
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
2003 liberty spirit (freedom) school buses manufactured from june 2002 and december 2002. The washer that is used between the seat leg mounting foot and mounting bolt was is not wide enough or of the proper grade. In the event of a vehicle crash, the seat could separate from the floor. Also, there is insufficient pillar padding which could result in head injuries in the event of a crash.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These buses fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Liberty bus will notify its customers repair the seats with 3 additional washers free of charge. Owner notification began april 2, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact liberty bus at 419-227-6554.
Report filed by LIBERTY BUS INCORPORATED. Manufacturer campaign number 222/01/LIB. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
04V049000Received . 11 units.
Structure / Body / Door
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain school buses fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "bus emergency exits and window retention release." the rear exit door handle is not recessed which can catch on an article of clothing or a back pack, inadvertently opening the door. Also, the required positive door opening device for rear exit door does not hold the door at 90 degrees with the body.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, and the vehicle ends up on its side, the door will not operate properly possibly hindering rapid egress from the vehicle.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Liberty bus will notify its customers and a metal bezel will be installed around the handle to recess it. Owner notification began april 2, 2004. Owners should contact liberty bus at 419-227-6554.
Report filed by LIBERTY BUS INCORPORATED. Manufacturer campaign number 217/01/LIB. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
04V058000Received . 11 units.
Wheels / Rim
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain school buses, the certificate label for the rim size is incorrect.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These buses do not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars."
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Liberty will notify its customers and mail correct labels and replace the rims free of charge, if necessary. Owner notification was expected to begin during january 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact liberty bus at 419-227-6554.
Report filed by LIBERTY BUS INCORPORATED. Manufacturer campaign number LBRE001.
03V461000Received . 11 units.
Visibility / Rearview Mirrors/Devices
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
2003 liberty spirit (freedom) school buses manufactured from january 2002 and october 2003. The decal for the cross-view mirror usage has fallen off which does not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 111, "rearview mirrors."
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Liberty will notify its customers and repair the buses free of charge. Owner notification began april 2, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact liberty at 419-227-6554.
Report filed by LIBERTY BUS INCORPORATED. 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
1 complaint, 2 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 |
| Structure | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 8 Jan 2014
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
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.
- 20034
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 2003 Liberty SpiritThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2003 Liberty Spirit: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/liberty/spirit/2003/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- LIBERTY BUS INCORPORATED
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Liberty Spirit?
- 44 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Liberty Spirit have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Liberty Spirit, model year 2003. 4 of them name the 2003 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Liberty Spirit name most often?
- Fuel/Propulsion System: 1 of 2 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Liberty Spirit open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.