The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Saf-T-Liner HDX, Saf-T-Liner EFX, and Minotour DRW school buses manufactured from May 1, 2015, through November 16, 2015, equipped with certain Transpec T6000, T6100, and T7000 series school bus stop arms. The affected stop arms have a reflective decal that may peel loose from the stop arm. As such, these stop arms fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 131, "School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices."
The risk
Without a reflective decal, the stop arms would have reduced visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and the stop arm blade assemblies will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on April 11, 2016. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000 or Transpec at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-700.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2016, 2017 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2016, 2017 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2016, 2017 |
Components: OTHER:SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM ASSEMBLY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2016 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2017 | 0 | 19 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2016 | 0 | 25 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2017 | 0 | 28 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2016 | 0 | 12 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2017 | 0 | 16 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2016 | 0 | 29 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2017 | 0 | 32 |
Other other recalls in 2016
6 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the other; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 16V030000 22 Jan 2016 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 16V031000 22 Jan 2016 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 16V016000 19 Jan 2016 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 16V006000 8 Jan 2016 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 16V005000 8 Jan 2016 | Transportation Collaborative, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016