NHTSA recall 19V870000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	19V870000
Manufacturer	ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC
Reported	2019-12-09
Owners notified	2019-12-19
Component	STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
Units potentially affected	35

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 1, for 2019 quarter 4
Filed with NHTSA	2020-01-02
Vehicles in the campaign	35
Reported remedied	0 (0%)
Reported unreachable	0
Reported removed	0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.

What is wrong

ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Spirit of Freedom and Spirit of Mobility vehicles equipped with Specialty Prolo Roof Hatches. The roof hatch external handle may unexpectedly break under reasonable use. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."

What can happen

If the roof hatch external handle breaks, in the event of an emergency, the hatch cannot be easily opened from outside the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

The remedy

ARBOC will notify owners, and Specialty will replace the roof hatch handles free of charge. The recall began December 19, 2019. Owners may contact ARBOC customer service at 1-866-953-5555 or Specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF FREEDOM	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.
2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.
2018 ARBOC SPECIALTY VEHICLES SPIRIT OF FREEDOM	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.
2019 ARBOC SPECIALTY VEHICLES SPIRIT OF FREEDOM	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.
2018 ARBOC SPECIALTY VEHICLES SPIRIT OF MOBILITY	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.
2019 ARBOC SPECIALTY VEHICLES SPIRIT OF MOBILITY	Built 2018-08-01 to 2019-05-20.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
AR860	2018-09-17. Service bulletin. AR860-Front Pivot Mount Inspection and Repair. Complaint-Pivot mount bolts having repeated premature failure. Cause-Spring pivot bolt movement allowed by elongated mounting hole. Correction-Inspect/replace bolt. Labor allowance 2 hours per unit. Vehicles affected-Units that have completed AR831 and built with the front pivot mount bolted to the ARBOC frame without welding. (Buses between SO# 2202 and 2736)