Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 21V462000

Seats

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2021-06-17.

Recall campaignNHTSA 21V462000

Seats

Component
Seats
Manufacturer
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
Vehicles affected
9
Reported to NHTSA
2021-06-17
Owners notified
2021-08-12

Defect description

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner HDX School Buses. These school buses may have been manufactured with an incorrect passenger seat configuration that does not provide the proper amount of seat back protection. As such, these school buses fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."

Safety risk

In the event of a crash, the seats may not adequately protect the occupants, increasing the risk of injury.

Manufacturer remedy

Dealers will replace the rear passenger seats, free of charge. No owner notification will be distributed, all units were repaired on August 12, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-892.

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.

Scope of coverage

5 model years across 1 models.

ModelYears on record
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner HDX2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

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.