C. E. White Seat, model year 9999. Filed by C. E. White Company and reported to NHTSA on 15 November 2011. 168 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says C. e. white is recalling certain bus seats sold and installed as original equipment for certain starcraft school buses. these seats fail to conform to the with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard number 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
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 11E049 cover?
- C. E. White Seat.
- What is wrong with them?
- C. E. WHITE IS RECALLING CERTAIN BUS SEATS SOLD AND INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN STARCRAFT SCHOOL BUSES. THESE SEATS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 222, "SCHOOL BUS PASSENGER SEATING AND CRASH PROTECTION."
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF THE BUS IS STRUCK FROM BEHIND, THE SEAT BACK MAY FAIL, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT'S OCCUPANT.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. C. E. WHITE IS WORKING WITH STARCRAFT TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED BUSES. C. E. WHITE WILL PROVIDE A REPAIR KIT ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS FREE OF CHARGE.
- 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: “IF THE BUS IS STRUCK FROM BEHIND, THE SEAT BACK MAY FAIL, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT'S OCCUPANT.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11E049 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | C. E. WHITE COMPANY |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 15 November 2011 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | C. E. WHITE SEAT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THE BUS IS STRUCK FROM BEHIND, THE SEAT BACK MAY FAIL, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT'S OCCUPANT.
The remedy
C. E. WHITE IS WORKING WITH STARCRAFT TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED BUSES. C. E. WHITE WILL PROVIDE A REPAIR KIT ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS FREE OF CHARGE.
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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11E049, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11e049/
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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