PlainRecordsFOREST RIVER BUS COLLINS SCHOOL BUS: STRUCTURE: BODY
- What can happen
- Separated body panels can reduce structural integrity, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect and apply adhesive as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 18, 2026. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-620-888-3310. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 551-2021.
- Potentially affected
- 213
Completion rate: 27.2% of the 213 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- Jan. 23, 2026
- Filed by
- Forest River Bus, LLC
- Vehicles
- FOREST RIVER BUS COLLINS SCHOOL BUS (2026)
- Component
- STRUCTURE › BODY
- Description of the defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2026 Collins Bus school buses. The body panel joint adhesive may have been applied to the incorrect location, causing the panels to separate. As such these vehicle fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
- Potentially affected
- 213
- What can happen
- Separated body panels can reduce structural integrity, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect and apply adhesive as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 18, 2026. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-620-888-3310. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 551-2021.
- Owner notification date
- Feb. 18, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 551-2021
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 221
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- ADHESIVE · ADHESIVE · N/A
- Recall number
- 26V041000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2026 Collins Bus school buses. The body panel joint adhesive may have been applied to the incorrect location, causing the panels to separate. As such these vehicle fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."” “Separated body panels can reduce structural integrity, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.”FOREST RIVER BUS STRUCTURE:BODY recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-01-23. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- FOREST RIVER BUS: 10 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from Jan. 24, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V041000, Jan. 23, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "FOREST RIVER BUS COLLINS SCHOOL BUS: STRUCTURE: BODY." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v041000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections