Transpec Glass Roof Hatch, model year 9999. Filed by Specialty Manufacturing Co. and reported to NHTSA on 27 February 2019. 348 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Specialty Manufacturing Co. (Specialty) is recalling certain Transpec T287X Series glass roof hatches. Temperature and vibration stresses may cause the tempered glass roof hatch to shatter.
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 19E017 cover?
- Transpec Glass Roof Hatch.
- What is wrong with them?
- Specialty Manufacturing Co. (Specialty) is recalling certain Transpec T287X Series glass roof hatches. Temperature and vibration stresses may cause the tempered glass roof hatch to shatter.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Specialty will notify the affected bus manufacturers, and dealers for those companies will replace the hatch lids, free of charge. The recall began May 5, 2019. Owners may contact Specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867.
- 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 tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19E017 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Specialty Manufacturing Co. |
| System at fault | Structure:Emergency:Escape/Egress/Exit |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 February 2019 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | TRANSPEC GLASS ROOF HATCH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.
The remedy
Specialty will notify the affected bus manufacturers, and dealers for those companies will replace the hatch lids, free of charge. The recall began May 5, 2019. Owners may contact Specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 19E017, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19e017/
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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Other Transpec notices we hold
- 19E042: Prolo 24"x 24" roof hatches
- 15E090: Transpec T6000, T6100, and T7000 series school bus stop arms manufactured May 1, 2015, to October 18, 2015
All 3 Transpec campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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- Defect summary
686a034f - Consequence
28491326 - Remedy
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