Recall · 23V846000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner C2 Jouley over electrical system
701
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
December 14, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:INVERTER
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER C2 Jouley electric school buses. The high voltage inverter cable may not be secured properly, which can result in a loss of drive power.
- What it can cause
- A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the fasteners as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed starting February 1, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL987.
- 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 Jouley | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 701 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 54% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2025, 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 31 times before this, most recently in September 2023 as 23V209000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 10 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V602000 (service brakes, air), 24V569000 (electrical system), 24V555000 (equipment), 24V478000 (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 December 14, 2023 as campaign 23V846000. 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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