Recall · 21V113000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES Minotour over structure
14
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
February 24, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT:LATCHING/RELEASE SYSTEM
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2022 Thomas Built Minotour School Buses equipped with an optional rear door Vandalock system. The engine can potentially be started while an emergency exit is still locked. 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 it can cause
- A locked emergency exit can delay passengers from exiting the vehicle during an emergency, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will repair the Vandalock interlock system, free of charge. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-876.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Built BusesMinotour | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 14 vehicles this is a small campaign: 89% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the structure 21 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V252000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 22V840000 (seats), 21V999000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 21V661000 (structure), 21V266000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Daimler Trucks North America, LLC with NHTSA on February 24, 2021 as campaign 21V113000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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