2002 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HD

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › pedals and linkages. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Air Suspension System02V320000

Filed Dec 2, 2002122 vehiclesFreightliner Corporation

Defect. ON CERTAIN SCHOOL AND TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH REYCO REAR AXLE AIR SUSPENSIONS, DEFLATED SUSPENSION AIR BAGS COULD CREATE EXCESSIVE DRIVELINE ANGLES CAUSING U-JOINT DAMAGE.

Risk. THE DRIVE SHAFT COULD FALL OFF OF THE BUS. FOLLOWING VEHICLES COULD THEN RUN OVER THIS OBSTACLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL AXLE STOPS TO LIMIT REAR SUSPENSION TRAVEL AND FASTENER TORQUE WILL BE CHECKED ON THE SUSPENSION HEIGHT CONTROL ROD. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING FEBRUARY 2003. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FREIGHTLINER AT 1-800-547-0712.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages

Filed Feb 22, 2007MN

2002 THOMAS FREIGHTLINER SCHOOL BUS- BUS WAS ON ACTIVITY TRIP AT ANOTHER SCHOOL AND NOTICED A HARD PEDAL ON BRAKES AFTER UNLOADING THE KIDS. TOLD DRIVER NOT TO MOVE BUS. BROUGHT OVER DIFFERENT BUS AND TOWED THAT ONE BACK. MECHANIC NOTICED THE CLEVIS PEDAL ROD HAD SEPARATED IN THE BOOT BEHIND FOOT PEDAL. THE GROMMET THAT HELD IT TOGETHER WAS BAD CAUSING IT TO COME LOOSE. *JB

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Dec 2, 2002. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.