The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Thomas Built Buses Minotour school buses. The forward seat barrier behind the driver may not provide sufficient protection to passengers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
The risk
Occupants may collide with the front seat barrier with more force than intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the barrier, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 9, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL959.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Components: SEATS:BARRIERS
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 | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
Other seats recalls in 2022
28 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the seats; Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed 166 campaigns in all.
| 22V942000 19 Dec 2022 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 22V857000 18 Nov 2022 | Shyft Group |
| 22V803000 25 Oct 2022 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 22V732000 30 Sept 2022 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 22V724000 29 Sept 2022 | General Motors, LLC |
| 22V670000 7 Sept 2022 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 22V653000 29 Aug 2022 | Roadtrek Inc. |
| 22V634000 19 Aug 2022 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022