Daimler Trucks North America LLC: Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Daimler Trucks North America LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on May 19, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 94. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses manufactured April 28, 2010, to April 15, 2016. The affected vehicles have a transmission retarder that may increase coolant system pressure high enough to cause hose fatigue and lead to premature failure of the hose, resulting in a coolant leak inside the bus body.
The risk
If the heater hose fails, hot coolant may leak inside the bus body increasing risk of injury to the passengers.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the heater hose, free of charge. An interim notice was mailed on July 6, 2016. The recall began on September 20, 2016. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-709.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 0 | 23 | 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 16V325000.
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