2025 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 & 2025 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX recall: wheels
⚠️ What's wrong
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2025 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 and EFX school buses. The wheel hub fasteners may loosen and cause the wheel to detach, which can result in a loss of vehicle control.
💥 The risk
A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect and replace the hub nut retaining system, wheel end, and axle components, as necessary free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 18, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is F1002.
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
- 24V392000
- Manufacturer recall #
- F1002
- Manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 106
- Component
- WHEELS:HUB
- Owner phone
- 1-800-745-8000
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 18, 2024
- Built
- Feb 5, 2024 – Apr 23, 2024
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.