# 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.

- 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

## 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.


## 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF FREEDOM](/makes/arboc/spirit-of-freedom/2017/recalls.md). Built 2018\-08\-01 to 2019\-05\-20.
- [2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY](/makes/arboc/spirit-of-mobility/2017/recalls.md). 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.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [AR860](/bulletins/10144771.md), 2018-09-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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