The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Saf-T-Liner HDX, Saf-T-Liner EFX, and Minotour school buses, equipped with certain Syntec-brand S3B, Non-Restraint, Wall Mounted Seats. The wall mounting bracket may crack, which may cause the seat to not remain secured in place in the event of a crash.
The risk
In the event of a crash, if the seat does not remain secured to the wall, the occupant has an increased risk of an injury.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional wall mounting bracket, free of charge. DTNA issued an interim notification to owners on May 9, 2018. The recall began May 10, 2018. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-763.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2014, 2015, 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 | 2014 | 0 | 17 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2015 | 0 | 21 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2016 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2017 | 0 | 19 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2018 | 1 | 13 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2014 | 0 | 18 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2015 | 2 | 20 |
| 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 C2 | 2018 | 1 | 22 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2014 | 0 | 15 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX | 2015 | 0 | 12 |
| 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 EFX | 2018 | 0 | 14 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2014 | 0 | 30 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2015 | 0 | 31 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2016 | 0 | 29 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2017 | 0 | 32 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX | 2018 | 0 | 26 |
Other seats recalls in 2018
38 of the 912 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2018 concerned the seats; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 18V939000 31 Dec 2018 | Arcimoto Inc |
| 18V924000 21 Dec 2018 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 18V926000 18 Dec 2018 | Eldorado National- California, Inc. |
| 18V875000 7 Dec 2018 | Corp. Micro Bird Inc. |
| 18V846000 28 Nov 2018 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 18V822000 20 Nov 2018 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 18V813000 16 Nov 2018 | ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC |
| 18V803000 14 Nov 2018 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2018