The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Thomas Built SAF-T-Liner C2 and SAF-T-Liner C2 Jouley school buses. The rubber ball seal in the Intellipark Park Valve Modules (PVM) may fracture and cause a leak, which can result in park brake failure or unexpected park brake engagement while driving.
The risk
Park brake failure or unexpected park brake engagement while driving increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the Intellipark PVM, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1000.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2024, 2025 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 Jouley | 2024, 2025 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE
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 | 2024 | 0 | 14 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2025 | 0 | 13 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 Jouley | 2024 | 0 | 7 |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 Jouley | 2025 | 0 | 5 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2024
13 of the 950 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2024 concerned the parking brake; Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed 166 campaigns in all.
| 24V693000 17 Sept 2024 | Kia America, Inc. |
| 24V518000 8 Jul 2024 | Nova Bus (US) Inc. |
| 24V377000 29 May 2024 | Lion Electric Company |
| 24V363000 23 May 2024 | Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. |
| 24V341000 15 May 2024 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 24V335000 14 May 2024 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 24V167000 1 Mar 2024 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 24V143000 23 Feb 2024 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2024