Champion American Coach, Champion American Crusader, Champion Bus Defender, Champion Challenger, Champion Crusader, Champion Cts, model years 2007 to 2011. Filed by Champion Bus, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 1 March 2011. 974 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Champion bus is recalling certain vehicles equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units. due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.
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 11V141 cover?
- Champion American Coach, Champion American Crusader, Champion Bus Defender, Champion Challenger, Champion Crusader, Champion CTS, Champion Defender, Champion Ez-Trans, model years 2007-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- CHAMPION BUS IS RECALLING CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS. DUE TO TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND/OR VIBRATION, THE FUSE MAY LOOSEN IN THE FUSE HOLDER RESULTING IN HIGH RESISTANCE AND ARCING.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. CHAMPION BUS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE RETROFIT KIT FROM CARRIER ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 8, 2011.
- 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 SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V141 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CHAMPION BUS, INC. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Appliance:Air Conditioner |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 March 2011 |
| Model years | 2007-2011 |
| Vehicles named | CHAMPION AMERICAN COACH, CHAMPION AMERICAN CRUSADER, CHAMPION BUS DEFENDER, CHAMPION CHALLENGER, CHAMPION CRUSADER, CHAMPION CTS, CHAMPION DEFENDER, CHAMPION EZ-TRANS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF SUFFICIENT ARCING OCCURS, THE FUSE HOLDER MAY MELT, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FLAME, SMOKE AND POTENTIAL FIRE.
The remedy
CHAMPION BUS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE RETROFIT KIT FROM CARRIER ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 8, 2011. OWNER MAY CONTACT CARRIER AT 1-800-793-4741 OR CHAMPION BUS AT 1-810-724-6474.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Champion American Coach recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Champion American Crusader recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Champion Bus Defender recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Champion Challenger recalls: 17 US campaigns
- Champion Crusader recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Champion Defender recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Champion Ez-Trans recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 11V141, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v141/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Champion Bus notices we hold
- 12V275: MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2011 TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND/OR VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS
- 10V647: VEHICLES BUILT ON FREIGHTLINER S2 CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH TRW IGEN3 INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMNS
- 10V593: BUSES EQUIPPED WITH TRANS AIR TA 73 EVAPORATORS
All 4 Champion Bus campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V141 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
c748f49c - Consequence
65e361df - 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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