Daimler Trucks North America, LLC: Parking Brake › Electrical › Switch
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 20, 2021 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 267. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Thomas Built C2 Saf-T-Liner school buses. The parking brake activation switch may fail to set the parking brake.
The risk
Unintended movement of the vehicle increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will update the Dash Electronic Control Unit (DECU ) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 14, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA's customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-896.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 | 0 | 15 | 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 21V547000.
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