2000 Thomas CL960 & 2000 Thomas Conventional + 5 more recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: certain school buses and Transit buses equipped with national seating's series 93B-SB driver seat. A bracket attaching the gas spring shock to the height adjuster of the seat CAN deform and break. This bracket is located at the top of the height adjuster.
💥 The risk
If the bracket is not replaced after deforming, and is allowed to break, its breaking will result in a sudden drop of the driver's seat, increasing the risk of loss of control of the vehicle and a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the seat base and add reinforcement to the seat assembly
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V362000
- Manufacturer
- THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 6,500
- Component
- SEATS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Feb 9, 2001
- Built
- Apr 1, 1996 – Sep 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began february 9, 2001.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact thomas built atalso contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).