# NHTSA recall 21V454000

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: 21V454000
- Manufacturer: Temsa
- Reported: 2021\-06\-17
- Owners notified: 2021\-08\-12
- Component: STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT:LATCHING/RELEASE SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 295
- Part numbers: RP229100\-12Y, RP229100\-13Y

## What is wrong

Temsa is recalling certain 2014\-2020 TS45 buses.  The external release handle for the roof emergency exit may have a rusted wire, which could break when force is applied to open the exit.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."


## What can happen

A broken handle wire on the emergency exit can delay passengers from exiting the vehicle during an emergency, increasing their risk of injury.


## The remedy

Temsa service centers will replace the external handle wire, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on August 12, 2021.  Owners may contact Temsa customer service at 1\-800\-625\-9319.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-08\-03
- Vehicles in the campaign: 295
- Reported remedied: 273 \(92%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2014 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 TEMSA TS45](/makes/temsa/ts45/2020/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TS\-M114](/bulletins/10186880.md), 2021-02-08, Service bulletin
- [TS\-M127](/bulletins/10128114.md), 2018-02-05, 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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