2003–2007 Thomas Built Buses FS-65 & 2003–2007 Thomas Built Buses HDX + 3 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Daimler trucks is recalling 760 my 2003-2007 thomas built school buses manufactured between july 6, 2005 and july 19, 2006, equipped with braun wheelchair lifts, models nl, ncl, or nvl. The threshold warning systems of the subject model wheelchair lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, platform lift systems for motor vehicles.
💥 The risk
Should the threshold warning system fail to operate, the lift user CAN fall from the vehicle and be seriously injured.
🔧 The fix
Daimler trucks will notify owners and provide a free remedy which will be performed by thomas built dealerships. The recall began on august 8, 2008. Owners may contact thomas built at 336-889-4871.
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
- 08V088000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-524
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
- Vehicles affected
- 760
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 8, 2008
- Built
- Jul 6, 2005 – Jul 19, 2006
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimler trucks recall no. FL-524.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.