Thomas Built Buses, Inc.: Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 4, 1990 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 300. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE COMBINATION OF TYPE 2 ELR SEAT BELT AND SUSPENSION TYPE DRIVER'S SEAT CAUSES SAFETY BELT CINCHING WHICH BECOMES SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISTRACT OR HINDER DRIVER FROM NORMAL OPERATION OF BUS.
The risk
DISTRACTION OF DRIVER COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
INSTALL SEAT BELT THAT INCORPORATES SOME ANTI-CINCHING FEATURES AND A NEW SET OF TETHER STRAPS FOR SUSPENSION SEAT.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Thomas School Bus | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 Thomas Transit Bus | 0 | 1 | 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 90V175000.
Full record for the 1990 Thomas School Bus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →