Daimler Trucks North America LLC: Exterior Lighting
Daimler Trucks North America LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 23, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,323. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2012-2017 Thomas Built Buses Minotour school buses manufactured from October 26, 2010, through December 14, 2015 and built on a GM chassis. The affected school buses have a body control module that may fail resulting in intermittent or total loss of exterior lighting or windshield wiper function.
The risk
Loss of exterior lighting or windshield wiper function can decrease visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will modify the wiring to the body control module, free of charge. The recall began on April 18, 2016. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's recall number for this campaign is FL-701.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 16V103000.
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