- Vehicles
- 878
- Built between
- May 2015 – Nov 2015
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 11 April 2016
- Repaired
- 63%
- Unrepaired
- 327
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between May 2015 and November 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses MinotourBuilt May 2015 to November 2015
- 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2Built May 2015 to November 2015
- 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFXBuilt May 2015 to November 2015
- 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDXBuilt May 2015 to November 2015
Repair progress
327 of 878 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.
63% repaired — 551 of 878 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Saf-T-Liner HDX, Saf-T-Liner EFX, and Minotour DRW school buses manufactured from May 1, 2015, through November 16, 2015, equipped with certain Transpec T6000, T6100, and T7000 series school bus stop arms. The affected stop arms have a reflective decal that may peel loose from the stop arm. As such, these stop arms fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 131, "School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices."
What could happen
Without a reflective decal, the stop arms would have reduced visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
DTNA will notify owners, and the stop arm blade assemblies will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on April 11, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMay 2015 to November 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA10 February 2016
- Owners notified11 April 2016
- Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 63% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 10 February 2016.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000 or Transpec at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-700.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- FL-700
- Recalling manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 131
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional 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.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.