The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Thomas Built C2 Saf-T-Liner school buses. The parking brake activation switch may fail to set the parking brake.
The risk
Unintended movement of the vehicle increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will update the Dash Electronic Control Unit (DECU ) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 14, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA's customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-896.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2021, 2022 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE:ELECTRICAL:SWITCH
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 SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2021 | 0 | 15 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2022 | 1 | 12 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2021
5 of the 988 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2021 concerned the parking brake; Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed 166 campaigns in all.
| 21V953000 9 Dec 2021 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 21V631000 11 Aug 2021 | Ford Motor Company |
| 21V488000 28 Jun 2021 | Prevost Cars, Inc. |
| 21V226000 1 Apr 2021 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2021