Recall · 26V250000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-Liner HDX2 over seat belts
71
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
April 20, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2026-2027 Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER HDX2 school buses. The driver seat belt anchor may have been installed with inadequate hardware. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
- What it can cause
- An improperly installed seat belt anchor may fail to properly restrain the driver in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt fastener components, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 17, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-574-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1033.
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 HDX2 | 2026 to 2027 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 71 vehicles this is a small campaign: 74% 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 2026 to 2027, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Thomas Built Buses vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 6 times before this, most recently in November 2017 as 17V729000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V546000 (structure), 26V408000 (latches/locks/linkages), 26V407000 (electrical system), 26V388000 (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 April 20, 2026 as campaign 26V250000. 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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