Recall · 23V209000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner C2 over electrical system
380
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
September 13, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Thomas Built Bus SAF-TLINER C2 JOULEY school buses equipped with an automatic low voltage disconnect switch. The automatic low voltage disconnect switch may fail, resulting in a loss of drive power, power steering, or vehicle lighting.
- What it can cause
- A loss of drive power, power steering, or vehicle lighting can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will remove the automatic low voltage disconnect switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 18, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL968.
- 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 C2 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 380 vehicles this is a small campaign: 52% 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 2021 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 electrical system 30 times before this, most recently in September 2023 as 23V621000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 23 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V555000 (equipment), 24V478000 (structure), 23V670000 (structure), 23V669000 (structure).
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 13, 2023 as campaign 23V209000. 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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