Recall · 21V741000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES Minotour over electrical system
87
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
September 23, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:RELAYS/SOLENOIDS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC. (DTNA) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Thomas Built Minotour school buses. The under-body shut-off solenoid connector that connects to the CNG fuel tank may corrode, which could result in an electrical short.
- What it can cause
- A short at the connector may cause a flame or overheating, increasing the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the CNG fuel shut-off solenoid, free of charge. Owner notification letters are were mailed February 03, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA's customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-903.
- 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.nhtsa.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 | 2015 to 2018 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 87 vehicles this is a small campaign: 71% 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 model years 2015 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 23 times before this, most recently in April 2021 as 21V266000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V690000 (equipment adaptive/mobility).
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 September 23, 2021 as campaign 21V741000. 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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