The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Thomas Built Minotour school buses. The school buses may be missing backup cameras. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."
The risk
The lack of rear visibility increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will add a backup camera system, free of charge. DTNA issued owners an interim notification date on October 11, 2019. The recall began December 23, 2019. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-825.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2019, 2020 |
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
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 | 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2020 | 0 | 7 |
Other back over prevention recalls in 2019
12 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the back over prevention; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 19V886000 12 Dec 2019 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 19V749000 18 Oct 2019 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 19V684000 27 Sept 2019 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 19V654000 12 Sept 2019 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 19V603000 15 Aug 2019 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 19V576000 6 Aug 2019 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 19V276000 9 Apr 2019 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 19V281000 9 Apr 2019 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019