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NHTSA Campaign 19V712000

SEATS

Issued by Daimler Trucks North America LLC · Reported Oct 4, 2019 · 53,528 vehicles 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."

Consequence

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

Remedy

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.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2014 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2015 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2016 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2017 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2018 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2019 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES MINOTOUR 2020 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2014 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2015 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2016 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2017 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2018 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2019 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 2020 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2014 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2015 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2016 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2017 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2018 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2019 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX 2020 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2014 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2015 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2016 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2017 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2018 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2019 53,528
THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX 2020 53,528

Source: NHTSA Campaign 19V712000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.