Collins De516, Collins Dh416, model year 2016. Filed by Collins Bus Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 17 May 2016. 4 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain 2016 DH416 school buses manufactured February 18, 2016, to February 19, 2016 built on Ford chassis, and 2016 DE516 school buses manufactured January 18, 2016, to February 19, 2016 built on Chevrolet chassis. These vehicles are equipped with seats that may separate …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 16E037. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V310 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 16V310 cover?
- Collins De516, Collins DH416, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Collins Bus Corporation (Collins) is recalling certain 2016 DH416 school buses manufactured February 18, 2016, to February 19, 2016 built on Ford chassis, and 2016 DE516 school buses manufactured January 18, 2016, to February 19, 2016 built on Chevrolet chassis.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, the seat can separate from the base frame, increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Collins will notify owners, and the manufacturer of the seats will replace the seats free of charge. The recall began on June 17, 2016. Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850. Collins' number for this recall is 16E037.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 16E037, 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: “In the event of a crash, the seat can separate from the base frame, increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V310 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Collins Bus Corporation |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 May 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | COLLINS DE516, COLLINS DH416 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, the seat can separate from the base frame, increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
The remedy
Collins will notify owners, and the manufacturer of the seats will replace the seats free of charge. The recall began on June 17, 2016. Owners may contact Collins customer service at 1-800-533-1850. Collins' number for this recall is 16E037.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V310, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v310/
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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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 16V310 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
502b1d00 - Consequence
5b28fd80 - 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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