Thomas Built Buses, Inc.: Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 11, 1995 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,076. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE METAL HOUSING OF THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS ON AUTOMATIC LOCKING RETRACTOR/EMERGENCY LOCKING RETRACTOR SAFETY BELTS CAN BECOME DEFORMED PREVENTING EXTENSION AND/OR RETRACTION OF THE BELT.
The risk
PASSENGERS WOULD BE UNABLE TO EXTEND OR RETRACT THEIR SAFETY BELTS AND WOULD BE AT A RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A HARDENED WASHER WHICH WILL DECREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFORMATION OF THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR. DAMAGED RETRACTORS WILL BE REPLACED.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Thomas Conventional | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Thomas MVP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Thomas Saf-T-Liner | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Thomas Vista | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Thomas Conventional | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Thomas MVP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Thomas Saf-T-Liner | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Thomas Vista | 0 | 7 | 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 95V004000.
Full record for the 1994 Thomas Conventional → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →