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VehicleOct 4, 201953,528 affected

Thomas Built Buses recall: Seats

What is 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."

What could happen

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.

Vehicles covered

Facts

NHTSA recall number
19V712000
Type
Vehicle
Filed by
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
Reported to NHTSA
Oct 4, 2019
Owners notified
Jun 22, 2020
Vehicles or items affected
53,528
Started by
The manufacturer
Built
Jul 5, 2013 to Aug 15, 2019
Part
Seats
Maker's own recall number
FL-832
Safety standard
FMVSS 222

Notes

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.

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