OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

13V537000

Seats

Reported Oct 30, 2013 · Daimler Trucks North America

Summary

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner HDX and Saf-T-Liner EFX school buses manufactured October 17, 2011, through July 2, 2013. A U-bolt intended to reinforce certain seat installations to the chassis may have been left out of the assembly process.

Consequence

In the event of a crash, the seats may not stay mounted to the chassis, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

DTNA will notify owners and dealers will install the U-bolts as required, free of charge. The recall began on December 13, 2013. Owners may contact DTNA at 1-503-745-5219. DTNA's recall number is FL-650.

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.safercar.gov.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

2014 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Hdx 2014 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Efx 2013 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Hdx 2013 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Efx 2012 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Efx 2012 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-LINER Hdx

This is model-level recall history. It does not confirm whether a particular VIN is affected or has received the repair. Check with NHTSA ↗