The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2003-2006 Thomas Built Buses Minotour transit buses built on a Ford chassis and equipped with an optional wheelchair lift. The wheelchair lift may be allowed to operate when the vehicle is in neutral or drive, due to missing relay in the interlock wiring harness.
The risk
If the vehicle can be moved while the wheelchair lift is being used, there is an increased the risk of injury.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the wheelchair lift wiring, correcting it as necessary, free of charge. Daimler issued an interim notification to owners on June 19, 2018. The recall began November 15, 2019. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-770.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
Components: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
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 | 2003 | 0 | 9 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2004 | 0 | 12 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2005 | 1 | 14 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2006 | 0 | 22 |
Other equipment adaptive/mobility recalls in 2018
15 of the 912 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2018 concerned the equipment adaptive/mobility; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 18V640000 18 Sept 2018 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 18V611000 11 Sept 2018 | Coach and Equipment Mfg Corp. |
| 18V603000 10 Sept 2018 | Turtle Top |
| 18V584000 4 Sept 2018 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 18V583000 31 Aug 2018 | Eldorado National-Kansas |
| 18V577000 30 Aug 2018 | Brown Industries, LLC |
| 18V573000 30 Aug 2018 | Champion Bus, Inc. |
| 18V574000 30 Aug 2018 | Corp. Micro Bird Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2018