The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Thomas Built Buses Minotour DRW school buses. The occupant seats may have been installed without reinforcement brackets being used underneath the seat rail as intended.
The risk
Without reinforcement brackets, in the event of a crash, the seats may come loose, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats and install reinforcement brackets as necessary, free of charge. An interim notice was mailed to owners on July 5, 2017. The recall began on August 11, 2017. Owners may contact DTNA Customer Service 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for the recall is FL-735.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Components: SEATS
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 Minotour | 2018 | 1 | 13 |
Other seats recalls in 2017
32 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the seats; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 17V820000 20 Dec 2017 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 17V836000 20 Dec 2017 | Mobility Ventures LLC |
| 17V778000 4 Dec 2017 | Triple E Recreational Vehicles |
| 17V775000 1 Dec 2017 | Ford Motor Company |
| 17V767000 29 Nov 2017 | Ford Motor Company |
| 17V764000 29 Nov 2017 | Bugatti |
| 17V725000 17 Nov 2017 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 17V716000 14 Nov 2017 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017