NHTSA safety recall

Recall 19V712000 · manufacturer campaign FL-832

Seats — Thomas Built Buses · reported 4 Oct 2019 · 53,528 vehicles potentially affected

What's wrong

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner EFX, Minotour, Saf-T-Liner C2, and Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses equipped with SynTec S3B or S3C seats. The seats may have been manufactured with styrene blocks that may not provide sufficient impact absorption in certain specific areas around the steel seat frame of the back support. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."

The risk

The lack of impact absorption increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

The fix

DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will install additional impact material between the re-bond back and the vinyl back cover to increase the amount of absorption, free of charge. DTNA issued owners an interim notification on November 29, 2019. The recall began June 22, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-832.

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.safercar.gov.

NHTSA campaign
19V712000
Manufacturer campaign
FL-832
Filed by
Daimler Trucks North America Llc
Report received
4 Oct 2019
Owners notified
22 Jun 2020
Potentially affected
53,528

Vehicles covered by this recall

Whether a particular car is affected and still unrepaired depends on its VIN — a model year being listed does not mean every car of that year is included. Check any VIN free on CarLogs, or at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2014 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2015 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2016 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2017 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2018 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2019 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2020 Thomas Built Buses Minotour 2014 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2015 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2016 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2018 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2019 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2020 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner C2 2014 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2015 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2016 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2018 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2019 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2020 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Efx 2014 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2015 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2016 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2018 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2019 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx 2020 Thomas Built Buses Saf-t-liner Hdx

Is this car's recall fixed?

Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer, for the life of the vehicle. A CarLogs report shows the recall status for a specific VIN as reported by the manufacturer — whether it's open or repaired, and whether the fix is available yet.

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