Recall · 23V670000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner C2 over structure
173
Vehicles covered
1
Model
6
Model years
October 3, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT:LATCHING/RELEASE SYSTEM
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC. (DTNA) is recalling certain 2019-2024 Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER C2 transit buses. The fasteners for the emergency exit door may loosen and detach, which can allow the emergency exit door to open unexpectedly.
- What it can cause
- An emergency exit door opening unexpectedly can increase the risk of an injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the fasteners for the emergency exit door, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 1, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL982.
- 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 | 2019 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 173 vehicles this is a small campaign: 63% 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 2019 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the structure 29 times before this, most recently in May 2023 as 23V333000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 33 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V523000 (fuel system, diesel), 26V522000 (fuel system, diesel), 26V228000 (exterior lighting), 24V569000 (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 October 3, 2023 as campaign 23V670000. 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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