Recall · 26V087000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 2 models over engine and engine cooling
52
Vehicles covered
2
Models
7
Model years
February 14, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain Thomas Built Buses 2023-2025 Saf-T-Liner EFX and 2023-2026 Saf-T-Liner HDX vehicles. The heater hose clamps may not have been tightened properly, causing the hose to disconnect and leak heating coolant inside the passenger compartment.
- What it can cause
- Contact with hot heating coolant may burn occupants, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the heater hose clamps, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1030.
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 | 2023 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Thomas Built BusesSAF-T-Liner HDX | 2023 to 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 52 vehicles this is a small campaign: 77% 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 2023 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 27 times before this, most recently in July 2022 as 22V553000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 14 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V086000 (engine and engine cooling), 25V849000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 25V604000 (steering), 24V401000 (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 February 14, 2026 as campaign 26V087000. 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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