Daimler Trucks North America LLC: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Daimler Trucks North America LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 7, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,304. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2007-2018 Thomas Built Buses Minotour school buses built on GM chassis and equipped with wheelchair lifts. The wheelchair lift may be operated while the vehicle is in Neutral or Drive.
The risk
If the wheelchair lift can be operated when the vehicle is not in Park, there is increased risk of injury to the lift user.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the wheelchair lift, correcting the electrical connections as necessary, free of charge. DTNA issued owners an interim notification on April 26, 2018. The recall began November 15, 2018. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-761.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 2011 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Thomas Built Buses Minotour | 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 18V157000.
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