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Transportation Transit BusYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 5 owner complaints and 2 safety recalls on record for the Transportation Transit Bus.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints5Top: Fuel system, otherSafety recalls21979–1993 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Transportation Transit Bus years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Transit Bus median. Tap a year for its full report.

'79'80'93
  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
  • Best
  • Not rated
1993Not rated–/1005 complaints · 0 recalls1980Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1979Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Transportation Transit Bus problems

All model years combined: 5 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Fuel system, other30
Vehicle speed control22
2 recalls

Transportation Transit Bus recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

–Supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings80V-048 · 1979–1980 · Apr 22, 1980 · 193 vehicles–Arm: idler and attachment79V-257 · 1979 · Dec 5, 1979 · 64 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Transit Bus

  1. ARMREST FRACTURESPE89150 · 1984–1989 · closed Oct 16, 1989
    No recall