Recall · 22V153000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner EFX over seats
539
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
March 11, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX School Buses. The passenger seat mounting bolts may break due to improperly placed mounting that allows contact with the chassis cross member bolts. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorage" and 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- A seat with broken mounting bolts may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will add a spacer to provide proper clearance between the passenger seat mounting and chassis cross member bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-921.
- 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 BusesSAF-T-Liner EFX | 2020 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 539 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 51% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the seats 18 times before this, most recently in June 2021 as 21V462000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 11 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V087000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V086000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V555000 (equipment), 23V259000 (steering).
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 March 11, 2022 as campaign 22V153000. 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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