Starcraft Allstar, Starcraft Starlite, Starcraft Starquest, Starcraft Ultrastar, model years 2002 to 2007. Filed by Starcraft Bus and reported to NHTSA on 13 July 2015. 800 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Starcraft Bus (Starcraft) is recalling certain model year 2002-2007 Allstar, Starquest, Starlite, and Ultrastar commercial buses manufactured January 1, 2002, to September 30, 2007. The affected vehicles, when loaded with passengers and fuel, may exceed the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). As such, these vehicles …
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Starcraft's own number for this recall: 05-06242015-0058. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V445 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V445 cover?
- Starcraft Allstar, Starcraft Starlite, Starcraft Starquest, Starcraft Ultrastar, model years 2002-2007.
- What is wrong with them?
- Starcraft Bus (Starcraft) is recalling certain model year 2002-2007 Allstar, Starquest, Starlite, and Ultrastar commercial buses manufactured January 1, 2002, to September 30, 2007. The affected vehicles, when loaded with passengers and fuel, may exceed the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR).
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the buses are loaded beyond the GVWR rating on the certification label, the vehicle could have poor handling, tire or suspension failure, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Starcraft will notify owners, and dealers will install a revised certification label based on corrected axle and wheel calculations or dealers will remove seats from buses that cannot support additional weight beyond the GVWR on the existing label. This work will be done free of charge.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Starcraft calls this recall 05-06242015-0058, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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 buses are loaded beyond the GVWR rating on the certification label, the vehicle could have poor handling, tire or suspension failure, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V445 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Starcraft Bus |
| System at fault | Equipment:Other:Labels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 July 2015 |
| Model years | 2002-2007 |
| Vehicles named | STARCRAFT ALLSTAR, STARCRAFT STARLITE, STARCRAFT STARQUEST, STARCRAFT ULTRASTAR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the buses are loaded beyond the GVWR rating on the certification label, the vehicle could have poor handling, tire or suspension failure, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Starcraft will notify owners, and dealers will install a revised certification label based on corrected axle and wheel calculations or dealers will remove seats from buses that cannot support additional weight beyond the GVWR on the existing label. This work will be done free of charge. The recall began on September 8, 2015. Owners may contact Starcraft customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Starcraft's number for this recall is 05-06242015-0058.
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
- Starcraft Allstar recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Starcraft Starlite recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Starcraft Starquest recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Starcraft Ultrastar recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V445, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v445/
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.
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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 15V445 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5bfa6847 - Consequence
9ebea772 - 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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