Challenger Door Rear Emergency Exit Door, model year 9999. Filed by Challenger Door, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 14 October 2011. 1,579 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Challenger door is recalling certain rear emergency exit doors, model number 1251 and 1252, produced from 2009 through 2011 and sold as original equipment for certain starcraft school buses. due to insufficient lubrication on the rear door handle latch mechanism, the handle may bind.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11E043 cover?
- Challenger Door Rear Emergency Exit Door.
- What is wrong with them?
- CHALLENGER DOOR IS RECALLING CERTAIN REAR EMERGENCY EXIT DOORS, MODEL NUMBER 1251 AND 1252, PRODUCED FROM 2009 THROUGH 2011 AND SOLD AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN STARCRAFT SCHOOL BUSES. DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION ON THE REAR DOOR HANDLE LATCH MECHANISM, THE HANDLE MAY BIND.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MAY BE UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR, WHICH WOULD HINDER EGRESS OF THE BUS, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
- Is there a fix yet?
- CHALLENGER DOOR IS WORKING WITH STARCRAFT TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED BUSES. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHALLENGER DOOR AT 1-574-773-8115 OR STARCRAFT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MAY BE UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR, WHICH WOULD HINDER EGRESS OF THE BUS, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11E043 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CHALLENGER DOOR, LLC |
| System at fault | Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 October 2011 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CHALLENGER DOOR REAR EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MAY BE UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR, WHICH WOULD HINDER EGRESS OF THE BUS, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
The remedy
CHALLENGER DOOR IS WORKING WITH STARCRAFT TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED BUSES. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHALLENGER DOOR AT 1-574-773-8115 OR STARCRAFT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 237 notices in the record whose component field names latches/locks/linkages. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11E043, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11e043/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
b28ed66b - Consequence
1c683efe - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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