Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 19V712000

Seats

Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2019-10-04.

Recall campaignNHTSA 19V712000

Seats

Component
Seats
Manufacturer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
Vehicles affected
53,528
Reported to NHTSA
2019-10-04
Owners notified
2020-06-22

Defect description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner EFX, Minotour, Saf-T-Liner C2, and Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses equipped with SynTec S3B or S3C seats. The seats may have been manufactured with styrene blocks that may not provide sufficient impact absorption in certain specific areas around the steel seat frame of the back support. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."

Safety risk

The lack of impact absorption increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will install additional impact material between the re-bond back and the vinyl back cover to increase the amount of absorption, free of charge. DTNA issued owners an interim notification on November 29, 2019. The recall began June 22, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-832.

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.

Scope of coverage

28 model years across 4 models.

ModelYears on record
THOMAS BUILT BUSES Minotour2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner C22020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner EFX2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner HDX2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.